Within hours of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the new administration took down the Spanish-language version of the official White House website.
The site — currently https://www.whitehouse.gov/es/ — now gives users an “Error 404” message. It also included a “Go Home” button that directed viewers to a page featuring a video montage of Trump in his first term and on the campaign trail. The button was later updated to read “Go To Home Page”.
Hispanic advocacy groups and others expressed confusion over the abrupt change and frustration over what some called the administration’s lack of efforts to maintain communication with the Latino community, which helped propel him to the presidency.
The Spanish profile of the White House’ X, @LaCasaBlanca, and the government page on reproductive freedom were also dissolved. Meanwhile, Spanish versions of other government agencies such as the Department of Labor, Justice and Agriculture remained available to users on Tuesday.
Asked about the changes, White House principal deputy press secretary Harrison Fields said Tuesday that the administration is “committed to bringing the Spanish translation section of the website back online.”
