In January 2021, Donald Trump promised to build his own social media platform.
Hours after Twitter permanently banned him on January 8, a desperate Trump used the official White House account, @POTUS, a few hours after his ban (that account, too, was banned until Trump was out of office):
I predicted this would happen. We have been negotiating with various other sites, and will have a big announcement soon, while we also look at the possibilities of building out our own platform in the near future. We will not be SILENCED! . . . STAY TUNED!
On March 21, 2021, Fox reported that Trump would be returning to social media in the near future "with his own service", according to senior adviser Jason Miller.
I do think that we’re going to see President Trump returning to social media in probably about two or three months here, with his own platform. This is something that I think will be the hottest ticket in social media. It's going to completely redefine the game . . . [I]t will be his own platform. . . . This new platform is going to be big. Everyone wants him and he's going to bring millions and millions -- tens of millions -- to this platform.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell actually started a social media site ("Frank") before Trump did, though it has been an utter shitshow of a disaster of a laughingstock.
Now Trump has finally come through. His big media empire has arrived. Trump calls it "a beacon of freedom" in "a time of silence and lies".
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It's a blog . . . that does not allow comments.
One report from late Tuesday night: "The like option, however, does not work as of now, and neither does the Twitter share option."
Needless to say, the game has not been changed.
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