Matthew J. Bera, Editor

In a shocking turn of events, President-elect Donald J. Trump has announced that he officially identifies as a woman, shattering the glass ceiling and becoming the first female president of the United States.

“I’ve always been a tremendous supporter of women,” the soon-to-be forty-seventh president said in an interview. “Now, I am one – I’m a woman now. Everybody’s talking about how great, historic really, it is to have a woman in office for the first time.”

Trump’s unprecedented and extraordinary move to come out as transgender sent shockwaves through the political sphere, though many left-leaning pundits have reportedly questioned the president-elect’s gender identity switch.

Donald Trump, now Donna Trump, stated that she would be “the best thing to happen to women since Susan B. Anthony” in an interview at Mar-a-Lago. “It’s what they wanted – they wanted a woman to be president, they want women to be great again, really.” Trump also assured the public that her office transition, as well as her gender transition, would be a huge win for advancing women’s rights.

“There’s something wrong with Donald Trump,” said co-panelist on “The View,” Whoopi Goldberg. Goldberg refused to use Trump’s new gender pronouns, stating bluntly that it’s “time for him to go.”

Moments after her announcement, Trump posted on Truth Social that she would create a new “Department of Government Femininity” (DOGF), and that she would appoint conservative commentator Matt Walsh to spearhead the department.

“We need to feminize the White House,” Trump added, announcing plans to redecorate it in pink marble to make it more inclusive.

Melania Trump will also be celebrated as one of the few first ladies of the United States to be officially considered LGBTQ+.

The move shook up Washington, with the Democratic Party swiftly convening in an emergency meeting to discuss their platform on gender identity. Many were reportedly confused how to respond, but others were more blunt in their views.

“You don’t get to be ‘one of us’ just because you say so,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted on X, although the tweet was later deleted.

Reporters tried to find Vice President Kamala Harris, who notably already made history in 2020 as the first female, Black and South Asian American vice president, but she reportedly could not be found and has not weighed in on the situation. Hillary Clinton similarly has not answered calls from the press since Trump’s announcement.

Current President Joe Biden was asked in a rare press appearance about his thoughts on the president-elect’s coming out as transgender.

“I have supported Trump throughout this election,” the president plainly said, though reporters were left confused by his response. Before he could continue, a White House official was seen speaking to Biden before the conference was ended and the president left the room.

This historic moment comes 175 years after the women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, where early suffragists could have never imagined a female ascent to the presidency would become reality.

In any case, most agree that this will be just one more page in the vast history books of Donna J. Trump, the soon-to-be forty-seventh president of the United States.