On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump unveiled his new social media platform, which is being mocked as little more than glorified blog, including a pathetic blog-like name for the site: From the Desk of Donald J. Trump.
As The New Civil Rights Movement points out, the new site is basically another way for Trump to engage in grift, begging for money from his supporters:
“The site is part of his main site, which is now designed as a money-making/fundraising enterprise. It allows one-way communication, with Trump posting words, images, or video, and then supporters can tweet them or post them to Facebook. The ‘like’ button does not currently work.”
Here’s one of the first posts Trump placed on the new site. It’s an attack on Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), who is on the verge of being ousted from the House Republican leadership ranks for daring to say that Trump lost the 2020 election fair and square to President Joe Biden:
“Heartwarming to read new polls on big-shot warmonger Liz Cheney of the great State of Wyoming. She is so low that her only chance would be if vast numbers of people run against her which, hopefully, won’t happen. They never liked her much, but I say she’ll never run in a Wyoming election again!”
That was all it took for real social media (i.e. Twitter users) to unleash a torrent of mockery aimed at the failed former president:
45’s new Dollar Store Twitter looks like it will be more relentless petty attacks on Republicans. https://t.co/CU8wefekHn
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) May 4, 2021
Trump’s new “blog” is all about the money. It even has the recurring donation box conveniently checked for you already. pic.twitter.com/nZGNNhMTAK
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) May 4, 2021
It’s basically a blog:
“The space will allow Trump to post comments, images, and videos” https://t.co/h4LfPVHczq
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) May 4, 2021
lmao at the stock image of trump taking notes off an antique surveyor’s map https://t.co/DQaVZiFlMF
— lvl 46 dog-faced pony potus (@thetomzone) May 4, 2021
Is anyone surprised that trumps new ‘communications platform’ is actually just a blog? I’m guessing he spent millions on what amounts to a WordPress page.
— ℭ𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔤𝔬𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔅𝔞𝔯𝔟𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔫 (@PunCMD) May 4, 2021
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