The White House is ordering agencies to place its new app on all employees’ government phones
The app includes official statements and policy announcements from the administration, as well as a feed of social media posts from White House accounts and the president. Getty Images
May 22, 2026 05:31 PM ET
The newly created, often overtly political app places the Trump administration into unprecedented and “dangerous” territory, IT experts say.
The White House recently unveiled a new app to give the public “unfiltered” access to “key priorities,” “historic moments” and “policy breakthroughs.” Now, it’s directing agencies to help install it on the government phones of federal employees.
The Trump administration launched the app, which promises to “[keep] you connected to President Donald J. Trump and his administration like never before,” in March.
The push to install the app on the devices of millions of government employees drew surprise from current and former federal officials, who called the move highly unusual and even dangerous.
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