So Apparently Having Babies Is the Administration’s ‘Hobby’ Now

In these warm and lazy dog days of July, few things beat walking outside barefoot in the grass, gorging on some cold Greek salads for lunch, and casting off all worldly worries. But in yet another case of the administration robbing us of everything good and nice, none of that is possible. The earth’s on fire, a diarrhea parasite is plaguing the nation, and politicians are sharing pictures of themselves holding the day’s newspapers just to prove they’re alive. Oh, and to top things off, the administration still won’t shut up about its creepy obsession with getting Americans to have babies. 

In Tuesday’s episode of  Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was giving Watters a tour of the Treasury Department and discussing the government’s “Trump Accounts” plan—a program created by the One Big Beautiful Bill which aims to give kids born between 2025 to 2028 an early start in stock market investments with $1,000 from birth—when things took a turn for the creepy. 

“We’re having a lot of babies,” Watters said, referring to the several women who’ve announced their pregnancies in the White House. “We want people to have babies during the Trump administration.” 

“Exactly,” Bessent replied. “The vice president’s done it, Chief of Staff [Stephen Miller], Karoline Leavitt—”

“Stephen Miller,” Watters chimed in. “You guys are very busy.”

“We know what their hobby is,” Bessent quipped back.

God, another shit day to have eyes and ears. 

Watters: We want people to have babies during the Trump administration.

Bessent: Exactly. The vice president has done it, chief of staff, Karoline Leavitt, Stephen Miller.

Watters: You guys are very busy.

Bessent: We know what their hobby is. pic.twitter.com/sD0pqiUEqK

— Acyn (@Acyn) July 15, 2026

 

The administration’s pronatalist agenda has been nothing short of relentless—reinforced by the creation of the cursed MomsDotGov website; the White House saying American families are “underbabied”; and Katie Miller calling having babies “peak feminism.” (These are just a few examples.) Trump Accounts have been another avenue for this tired message.

The Treasury says more than six million have signed up to the accounts, which were signed into law last year. Contributions were available to make starting in July, in an effort to coincide with the nation’s 250th anniversary, though—like many other details of Independence Day—much of the promotion around it has been tone-deaf.

In July last year, Bessent alarmingly referred to the accounts as a “backdoor” for privatizing social security; during a summit in January, he referred that it would lead 2026 to become the year of the “Trump boom,” and, shortly after, he suggested families forego giving their kids toys and presents for their birthdays to instead drop some cash into their Trump Accounts. Sigh. Another day under an administration that just won’t stop taking.