Olivia Asher is a reporter at the New Herald Tribune covering breaking news for the Digital Trends Desk. Before joining the newsroom in 2022, she covered criminal justice issues at the Orlando Plain Dealer.
May 2 , 2025
WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order this morning mandating that all official White House correspondence—internal memos, emails, letters, press releases, and even Post-It notes—be written exclusively in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.
The order, titled “THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ON STRONG COMMUNICATION AND DOMINANCE IN WRITTEN LANGUAGE,” goes into effect immediately. White House staff were reportedly handed printed versions of the order—typeset in 72-point Impact font—at 8:00 AM, along with a sternly worded reminder: “NO LOWERCASE. EVER.”
“WHEN YOU WRITE IN ALL CAPS, PEOPLE LISTEN. LOWERCASE IS WEAK. IT'S A DISASTER,” the President said during a brief but emphatic press conference held on the South Lawn, shouting even though his microphone was fully functional. “FROM NOW ON, AMERICA WILL COMMUNICATE LIKE A WINNER.”
According to sources inside the West Wing, the policy was originally suggested by Trump himself after reading a memo he felt lacked “presence.” He allegedly scrawled across the document in red Sharpie: “DO IT LOUDER.”
The executive order cites “national security, brand consistency, and visual impact” as key justifications for the change.
Reactions from across Washington have ranged from bemused to bewildered.
“I can’t tell if this is a joke or a stress test for our democracy,” said Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). “But my staff just got a reply from the Office of Budget and Management that said, ‘REQUEST DENIED.’ in bold 18-point Arial Black. So, I guess it’s real.”
The American Typographic Society released a statement calling the decision “a direct assault on nuance, legibility, and typographic decency.”
Meanwhile, aides report that Vice President Marjorie Taylor Greene is “fully supportive” of the order and has already begun retroactively editing her official biography to conform.
Not everyone is adjusting smoothly. Junior staffers are reportedly struggling to find the Caps Lock key, and the White House IT department has been inundated with requests to disable automatic capitalization correction in Microsoft Word.
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