‘This Isn’t True’: White House Refutes NYT’s ‘Complete Fake News’ About JD Vance

While the mainstream media remains committed to its goal of demonizing President Donald Trump at all costs, leftist outlets still find time to put out hit pieces on other top White House officials.

And Vice President JD Vance, as a likely torch-bearer of the MAGA movement, is a common target of those attacks.

Most recently, the White House took issue with the New York Times for its recent report alleging that Vance had been instructed by Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles to cut back on his social media use.

As The Hill reported, the administration issued a clear response refuting that report:

“This isn’t true,” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung wrote on the social platform X, in response to a post from Jewish Insider editor-in-chief Josh Kraushaar, who shared the Times report on X. “We denied it to the New York Times and they refused to run our quote. Complete fake news. This supposed ‘conversation’ never happened.”

The Times reported Saturday that Wiles and other senior White House officials had advised Vance to “take a break from social media,” citing his frequent online battles with critics as “beneath his office.”

The claim appeared in a broader story about Vance’s relationship with President Trump and his prospects as a contender for the Republican nomination in the 2028 presidential election.

The story did include a statement from Cheung, who defended the relationship between Trump and Vance.

The report also fueled some social media discussion:

I don’t believe any NYTimes anonymous source but JD Vance’s smack downs of MSM are the best part of X and are absolutely not below the dignity of the office.

— John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) May 30, 2026

JD's tweets were always good

— Anthony Wolf 🇺🇸🌲 (@awolf_2049) May 30, 2026

I’m sorry, you really believe that Donald Trump’s VP – we’re talking about the president who is most known for his internet shitposting – was told this was “beneath the office”? pic.twitter.com/fhd8PB3jmm

— Michael Cipriano (@Cip3of4) May 30, 2026

Mediaite also covered the White House reaction:

The New York Times hit back Saturday at White House Communications Director Steven Cheung’s insistence that their story about Vice President J.D. Vance contained false information.

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The story titled, Is JD Vance the 2028 Front Runner? Trump Has Questions, that ran in Saturday’s paper stated:

In meetings, Mr. Vance frequently scrolls his phone, and he uses social media to fight with his critics. The president frequently posts to Truth Social, but he does not spend time replying to people online, as Mr. Vance does.

Susie Wiles, Trump’s chief of staff, recently advised Mr. Vance to take a break from social media, as have other officials in the West Wing, according to people familiar with those interactions, because the fighting was beneath his office. (Mr. Vance said he took a break for Lent.)