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The Department of Defense (DOD) has ordered an immediate world pause in its social media pages and is leaving all publications on all social media platforms, unless publications have to do with US military operations and deployments. UU. To protect the South Border, as Fox News learned.
The order came with The approval of President Donald Trump of the White House and will remain in office until your choice for Secretary of Defense is confirmed and indicated otherwise, two senior US defense officials told Fox News.
The temporary pause is expected to last a few days, while guidance to all uniformed and civil public affairs officials responsible for social media websites.
All publications on social networks should reflect an emphasis only on “war fights and lethality,” the sources said.
Flashback: the White House accused of violation of the US flag code
Pete Hegesh, candidate of President Donald Trump to Secretary of Defense, arrives at the 60th Presidential inauguration on Monday, January 20, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times/Bloomberg via getty images)
A senior defense official said that the new administration wants to ensure that “all communications are aligned” with their objectives. Pause only applies to social networks publications. The press releases will continue to be sent by email to journalists and publish on the DOD websites, the sources said.
Civil and military public affairs officials around the world will soon receive internal guidance over all publications and dissemination in social networks for military recruitment, Publications of DOD schools and publications of the combatant commands on current military operations.
The social media accounts will not close and the previous content will not be deleted, but new publications will not be allowed until the future Secretary of Defense, once confirmed, indicates otherwise, explained a senior US defense official to Fox News.
“The Department of Defense is reviewing its social media programming to make sure it aligns with the priorities of President Trump in matters of preparation, lethality and war struggle,” said a senior US defense official to Fox News in a statement. “This pause does not apply to the content or to the images related to the current border security operations of the DOD announced yesterday by the interim secretary of Defense, Robert G. Salesses.”
Under previous administrations, including Biden, the military had been criticized for publications on social networks focused on what critics called priorities to “arouse.”
He American army In 2021, he launched an animated recruitment announcement that told the history of an army end with two mothers as part of a recruitment campaign, “The Calling”, which described the various stories of five different members of the service.
“Start in California with a girl raised by two mothers,” said the narrator, CPL. Emma Malonelord said in the video. “Although I had a rather typical childhood, I studied ballet, I touched the violin, I also marched for equality. I like to think that I have been defending freedom from an early age.”
Critics quickly expressed concern because the announcement undermined confidence in the force of the US army, Fox News Digital reported at that time. Many users of social networks published comparisons with announcements published by armies of other nations.
“We are so convicted” Media Research Center Dan Gainor wrote at that time next to the edited clip.
“The Russians are building an army focused on killing people and breaking things. Apparently we are building an army focused on being able to explain the microagrhere .
American flags and a pride flag hang from the White House during the celebration of the month of pride in the southern garden on June 10, 2023, in Washington. (Photo AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
At the beginning of the pride month in 2022, the United States space force published in X, highlighting the comments of Major General Leah Lauderback in the “Queerspace” podcast.
“Major General Leah Lauderback talked about how the Lit is working to change policies, change mentalities and create opportunities for LGBTQ+ members of the army,” said the publication.
The same day, the official account of the US Marines. In X shared an illustration of a Marine helmet with rainbow colored bullets.
“Throughout June, the USMC is proud to recognize and honor the contributions of our members of the LGBTQ service,” wrote the military branch. “We remain committed to promoting a discrimination -free environment and defending the values of treating everyone equally, with dignity and respect.”
In June 2023, the US Air Force published an illustration in X during the pride month, in which a service member appeared greeting in front of the rainbow flag.
The publication received almost 6,000 comments.
“As veteran of the Air Force, this ashamed,” wrote a critic. “How (as far as) we have fallen as a proud nation. This nonsense … must end.”
“The Pentagon and the Joint Staff of today are a national shame and are destroying military preparation,” another wrote. “Shameful.”
The US Department of State recently adopted an order of “one -flag policy” of the Trump administration, which allows only the US flag to wave in US buildings inside and outside the country, with two notable exceptions: the emblem of war/disappeared prisoner in action and the flag of unfair detainees.
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Trump also ordered the closure of all government offices of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). All Federal Dei workers received a paid administrative license.
Fox News Digital approached the White House to get more comments.
Yael Halon and Stephen Soreace of Fox News Digital contributed to this story.
