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Second Lady Usha Vance delivered a rare rebuke to The New York Times over an article essentially claiming that women within President Donald Trump\u2019s administration were using maternity fashion to weaponize pregnancy.<\/p>\n

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Vance, who is pregnant with her fourth child with husband and Vice President JD Vance, mocked the outlet\u2019s attempt to make her wardrobe political and made it clear that her maternity fashion choices were typically born of just three things: necessity, comfort, and economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that we know the political significance of my $8.75 coral maternity dress from Old Navy, can\u2019t wait to hear what the New York Times has to say about my elastic-waistband pants and compression socks!\u201d Vance posted via X. \u201cIn the meantime, enjoy my pregnancy fashion (or lack thereof) and a good story with your kids on \u2018Storytime with the Second Lady.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with her caption, Vance shared a video \u2014 also featuring the vice president \u2014 of herself wearing the dress in question as he read aloud from A. A. Milne\u2019s classic, \u201cWinnie the Pooh.\u201d<\/p>\n

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And here\u2019s the receipt! pic.twitter.com\/tgICmpbapQ<\/p>\n

\u2014 Second Lady Usha Vance (@SLOTUS) June 24, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For good measure, Vance followed up with a screenshot of her receipt showing that she had, in fact, purchased the dress from Old Navy. It also showed that the coral-colored \u201cAsymmetrical Shoulder Maxi Dress,\u201d originally $49.99, had been marked down to $12.99 and she had saved an additional $3.74\u2014 making her final total $8.75.<\/p>\n

And while that choice may have been one of convenience and economy, Vance said in March that being pregnant as the Second Lady of the United States meant that she necessarily had to change her style, mainly because her position dictated a number of events that she would have to attend \u2014 and many of those would not be held in places where leggings and sweatpants were considered appropriate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to dress up a lot more. I enjoyed my last pregnancy \u2014 there were a lot of sweatpants. I was working from home and sometimes put a blazer on over what was under,\u201d she told NBC at the time.<\/p>\n

The article to which Vance was responding was published on Wednesday and was titled, \u201cThe Politics and Power of the Pregnancy Image.\u201d If that did not paint a clear enough picture of the tone, the sub-headline removed all doubt: \u201cUsha Vance, along with Katie Miller and Karoline Leavitt, shows how much is said by an expectant silhouette, without anyone saying a word.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The article proceeded to accuse women within the Trump administration of flaunting their pregnancies to make a political point: this is what women are supposed to do \u2014 and how they are supposed to look.<\/p>\n

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Together, the women have created a notably consistent, and somewhat paradigm-shifting, picture of the White House\u2019s family and fertility platform.<\/p>\n

If the bare-chested, muscled mixed martial arts fighters of the U.F.C. match that President Trump hosted on Flag Day were the poster guys for MAGA\u2019s image of masculinity, then the pregnant women of Trump world are one half of their feminine counterparts. Along with the sheath-clad, lip-filled, pageant-haired Mar-a-Lago set, they offer an image of idealized womanhood that gives literal shape to the pronatalist movement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Jill Filipovic, the host of the \u201cWeek in Women\u201d podcast, suggested that even though it\u2019s highly unlikely that the pregnancies were coordinated, the presentation appeared to be: \u201cIt almost feels like a memo went out. They have quite intentionally opted to present themselves as, \u2018I am really pregnant, and this is what women were chosen to do,\u2019 and they are happy to say that both with their looks and their mouths.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vance, quite clearly, said otherwise.<\/p>\n

Miller, whose fourth child with longtime Trump adviser Stephen Miller was born just days before Father\u2019s Day, weighed in as well \u2014 and said that maternity fashion had been made more difficult as American birth rates had fallen.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the last few years, many clothing brands have largely stopped producing maternity clothes that most women actually want to wear. @SLOTUS has done a phenomenal job curating affordable, fashionable options that make pregnancy fashion accessible. The root cause is sadly straightforward: with fewer women having babies, it\u2019s likely become unprofitable for brands to invest in dedicated maternity lines,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Second Lady Usha Vance delivered a rare rebuke to The New York Times over an article essentially claiming that women within President Donald Trump\u2019s administration were using maternity fashion to weaponize pregnancy.Vance, who is pregnant with her fourth child with husband and Vice President JD Vance, mocked the outlet\u2019s attempt to make her wardrobe political and made it clear that her maternity fashion choices were typically born of just three things: necessity, comfort, and economy.\u201cNow that we know the political significance of my $8.75 coral maternity dress from Old Navy, can\u2019t wait to hear what the New York Times has to say about my elastic-waistband pants and compression socks!\u201d Vance posted via X. \u201cIn the meantime, enjoy my pregnancy fashion (or lack thereof) and a good story with your kids on \u2018Storytime with the Second Lady.'\u201dAlong with her caption, Vance shared a video \u2014 also featuring the vice president \u2014 of herself wearing the dress in question as he read aloud from A. A. Milne\u2019s classic, \u201cWinnie the Pooh.\u201dAnd here\u2019s the receipt! pic.twitter.com\/tgICmpbapQ\u2014 Second Lady Usha Vance (@SLOTUS) June 24, 2026For good measure, Vance followed up with a screenshot of her receipt showing that she had, in fact, purchased the dress from Old Navy. It also showed that the coral-colored \u201cAsymmetrical Shoulder Maxi Dress,\u201d originally $49.99, had been marked down to $12.99 and she had saved an additional $3.74\u2014 making her final total $8.75.And while that choice may have been one of convenience and economy, Vance said in March that being pregnant as the Second Lady of the United States meant that she necessarily had to change her style, mainly because her position dictated a number of events that she would have to attend \u2014 and many of those would not be held in places where leggings and sweatpants were considered appropriate.\u201cI have to dress up a lot more. I enjoyed my last pregnancy \u2014 there were a lot of sweatpants. I was working from home and sometimes put a blazer on over what was under,\u201d she told NBC at the time.The article to which Vance was responding was published on Wednesday and was titled, \u201cThe Politics and Power of the Pregnancy Image.\u201d If that did not paint a clear enough picture of the tone, the sub-headline removed all doubt: \u201cUsha Vance, along with Katie Miller and Karoline Leavitt, shows how much is said by an expectant silhouette, without anyone saying a word.\u201dThe article proceeded to accuse women within the Trump administration of flaunting their pregnancies to make a political point: this is what women are supposed to do \u2014 and how they are supposed to look.Together, the women have created a notably consistent, and somewhat paradigm-shifting, picture of the White House\u2019s family and fertility platform.If the bare-chested, muscled mixed martial arts fighters of the U.F.C. match that President Trump hosted on Flag Day were the poster guys for MAGA\u2019s image of masculinity, then the pregnant women of Trump world are one half of their feminine counterparts. Along with the sheath-clad, lip-filled, pageant-haired Mar-a-Lago set, they offer an image of idealized womanhood that gives literal shape to the pronatalist movement.Jill Filipovic, the host of the \u201cWeek in Women\u201d podcast, suggested that even though it\u2019s highly unlikely that the pregnancies were coordinated, the presentation appeared to be: \u201cIt almost feels like a memo went out. They have quite intentionally opted to present themselves as, \u2018I am really pregnant, and this is what women were chosen to do,\u2019 and they are happy to say that both with their looks and their mouths.\u201dVance, quite clearly, said otherwise.Miller, whose fourth child with longtime Trump adviser Stephen Miller was born just days before Father\u2019s Day, weighed in as well \u2014 and said that maternity fashion had been made more difficult as American birth rates had fallen.\u201cOver the last few years, many clothing brands have largely stopped producing maternity clothes that most women actually want to wear. @SLOTUS has done a phenomenal job curating affordable, fashionable options that make pregnancy fashion accessible. The root cause is sadly straightforward: with fewer women having babies, it\u2019s likely become unprofitable for brands to invest in dedicated maternity lines,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\nSecond Lady Fires Back After NYT Says Trump Admin\u2019s Women Are Weaponizing Maternity Fashion - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=608\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Second Lady Fires Back After NYT Says Trump Admin\u2019s Women Are Weaponizing Maternity Fashion - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Second Lady Usha Vance delivered a rare rebuke to The New York Times over an article essentially claiming that women within President Donald Trump\u2019s administration were using maternity fashion to weaponize pregnancy.Vance, who is pregnant with her fourth child with husband and Vice President JD Vance, mocked the outlet\u2019s attempt to make her wardrobe political and made it clear that her maternity fashion choices were typically born of just three things: necessity, comfort, and economy.\u201cNow that we know the political significance of my $8.75 coral maternity dress from Old Navy, can\u2019t wait to hear what the New York Times has to say about my elastic-waistband pants and compression socks!\u201d Vance posted via X. \u201cIn the meantime, enjoy my pregnancy fashion (or lack thereof) and a good story with your kids on \u2018Storytime with the Second Lady.&apos;\u201dAlong with her caption, Vance shared a video \u2014 also featuring the vice president \u2014 of herself wearing the dress in question as he read aloud from A. 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I was working from home and sometimes put a blazer on over what was under,\u201d she told NBC at the time.The article to which Vance was responding was published on Wednesday and was titled, \u201cThe Politics and Power of the Pregnancy Image.\u201d If that did not paint a clear enough picture of the tone, the sub-headline removed all doubt: \u201cUsha Vance, along with Katie Miller and Karoline Leavitt, shows how much is said by an expectant silhouette, without anyone saying a word.\u201dThe article proceeded to accuse women within the Trump administration of flaunting their pregnancies to make a political point: this is what women are supposed to do \u2014 and how they are supposed to look.Together, the women have created a notably consistent, and somewhat paradigm-shifting, picture of the White House\u2019s family and fertility platform.If the bare-chested, muscled mixed martial arts fighters of the U.F.C. match that President Trump hosted on Flag Day were the poster guys for MAGA\u2019s image of masculinity, then the pregnant women of Trump world are one half of their feminine counterparts. 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They have quite intentionally opted to present themselves as, \u2018I am really pregnant, and this is what women were chosen to do,\u2019 and they are happy to say that both with their looks and their mouths.\u201dVance, quite clearly, said otherwise.Miller, whose fourth child with longtime Trump adviser Stephen Miller was born just days before Father\u2019s Day, weighed in as well \u2014 and said that maternity fashion had been made more difficult as American birth rates had fallen.\u201cOver the last few years, many clothing brands have largely stopped producing maternity clothes that most women actually want to wear. @SLOTUS has done a phenomenal job curating affordable, fashionable options that make pregnancy fashion accessible. 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