Disgraced former President Donald Trump is clearly frustrated that he can’t use his social media accounts anymore to bully, intimidate, and incite, which is why he is planning to launch his own platform. But former FBI agent Clint Watts warns the platform would be used to plan acts of domestic terrorism.
Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6th in a scheme to violently overthrow democracy by assassinating lawmakers so that Trump could remain in power. The attempted coup failed, but Trump’s loyal white supremacist supporters are still threatening future insurrections, which is why the fence around the Capitol is still up and the National Guard is still present.
One of the primary ways Trump supporters planned the January 6th insurrection was through Parler, a right-wing social media platform that has since been basically crippled after every carrier of the app dropped it or refused to host their servers. It’s now on life support via the Russians.
But now Trump himself is apparently looking to launch a social media platform that we can only assume will be named after him, therefore giving him the ability to be as cruel, racist, and sexist as he wants without the risk of being banned.
As you’ll recall, Twitter banned Trump to prevent him from inciting further violence in the wake of the insurrection.
Trump’s announcement has been widely mocked, but as terrorism expert Clint Watts pointed out on Twitter, Trump’s platform faces an uphill battle since investors will likely be wary to get involved since most of Trump’s business ideas end in bankruptcy. It’s highly likely Trump is hoping to dupe investors in order to scam them out of money to offset his financial woes. Furthermore, Trump’s platform would likely be used to incite and plan future insurrections.
Idea Trump wants to start own social media platform tells you he understands how to make the media pay attention to him on Twitter, but nothing about how social media works. Social media runs on ads, only so many Goya & MyPillows around, if its all trolls, will get boring quick
— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) March 21, 2021
Trump would need Fox News to cover his social media platform relentlessly to monetize an increasingly smaller base, but then comes the moderation problem, would not be long till things get out of control, then guess what happens? Jan 6 Part Deux
— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) March 21, 2021
may be proved wrong, but idea of Trump social media platform sounds as viable as Trump Steaks, Trump University, Trump Casino Atlantic City… how long can one discuss “Her emails” or “Voter Fraud”?
— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) March 21, 2021
May just be a band-aid to patch financial difficulties & sucker investors that don’t understand social media.
— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) March 21, 2021
I’d also note, while some fret about Trump social media platform arising from man in his 70’s, U.S. hit record vaccinations yesterday (>3 Mil) and the market is at >32K – stop giving him oxygen to undermine America, things are looking better #RealityHorizon
— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) March 21, 2021
Just in case Trump is not aware, inciting insurrection is a crime and he can be arrested and prosecuted for it. Potential investors should also be aware that they can be accountable as well.
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