The White House has debuted a new digital platform, White House Wire, aimed at amplifying news coverage favorable to President Donald Trump. The launch has triggered backlash from The Drudge Report, with its founder, Matt Drudge, accusing the administration of imitating his long-established news aggregation model.
“It takes an entire West Wing to compete with Drudge,” wrote Drudge in a pointed headline on his site. The top of the page featured the bold statement: “Trump Launching His Own Drudge Report Using Taxpayer Dollars!”
Both headlines linked to articles from Axios and Mediaite. Drudge added a sarcastic jab in the Axios piece, claiming he is “considering a $1 trillion lawsuit” against the White House over the site.
The administration introduced the new initiative via social media Wednesday night, sharing a message on X that read, “The White House has its own wire now,” and inviting users to “read what we’re reading.”
According to Axios, the launch of White House Wire is part of a larger strategy to counteract perceived bias in mainstream press outlets, while at the same time giving increased visibility to publications seen as supportive of the Trump agenda.
The move comes as the administration has reportedly reduced press privileges for the Associated Press, citing its continued use of the term “Gulf of Mexico” instead of “Gulf of America,” which is the term preferred by the White House.
White House Wire resembles The Drudge Report in design, displaying headlines in columns that direct visitors to articles portraying Trump and his administration in a favorable light. This week’s focus centered largely on Trump’s first 100 days in office, including his televised conversation with ABC News.
It also features embedded social media content, such as a post from the Rapid Response 47 account on X, which includes the attention-grabbing line: “President Trump Celebrates MASSIVE Investments In America.”
Many of the links direct users to official White House communications rather than independent news sites, reinforcing the platform’s emphasis on messaging controlled by the administration itself.
Additional headlines featured on Thursday spotlighted members of Trump’s cabinet, such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.
Though The Drudge Report gained national prominence in the 1990s with its breaking coverage of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal and was long considered a conservative news source, it has taken a more critical stance toward Trump in recent years.
A White House official told Axios that the new website was created to give Americans a clear and convenient place to find content that aligns with the president’s message and priorities.
“It’s a place for supporters of the president’s agenda to get the real news all in one place in a shareable and readable format,” the official told Axios. “The website will be a one-stop shop for news and is part of the Trump administration’s effort to provide transparency and institute policies that put America first.”
{Matzav.com}