Trump announces he is launching his own social media network called ‘TRUTH Social’ which will launch nationwide at the start of 2022
- Former President Donald Trump has plans to launch his own social media network, TRUTH Social, to compete with Silicon Valley
- ‘We live in a world where the Taliban has a huge presence on Twitter, yet your favorite American President has been silenced,’ Trump said
- The company will launch in early 2022 under the Trump Media & Tech Group
- It comes as Twitter and Facebook faced backlash for banning Trump following the January 6 Capitol Hill riot
Former President Donald Trump said he will launch his own social media network called TRUTH Social in early 2022.
The new Trump Media & Technology Group said it will create a rival social network to the current ‘liberal media consortium’ and ‘fight back against the ‘Big Tech’ companies of Silicon Valley, which have used their unilateral power to silence opposing voices in America.’
Trump, who will serve as TMTG’s chairman, said, ‘I created TRUTH Social and TMTG to stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech. We live in a world where the Taliban has a huge presence on Twitter, yet your favorite American President has been silenced.
‘This is unacceptable. I am excited to send out my first TRUTH on TRUTH Social very soon. TMTG was founded with a mission to give a voice to all. I’m excited to soon begin sharing my thoughts on TRUTH Social and to fight back against Big Tech. Everyone asks me why doesn’t someone stand up to Big Tech? Well, we will be soon!’
Donald Trump will create his own brand of social media to compete with Silicon Valley in 2022
The TRUTH Social app is currently available for pre-order on the Apple App store, with plans to launch a beta version for testers in November.
A nationwide rollout is expected in the first quarter of 2022, according to a TMTG statement.
Along with social media service, TMTG also plans to launch a subscription video on demand service called TMTG+, which will feature ‘non-woke’ entertainment programing, news, podcasts and more.
Patrick Orland, CEO of Digital World Acquisitions Corp, said his company would merge with TMTG to create the new services.
‘Digital World was formed to create public shareholder value and we believe that TMTG is one of the most promising business combination partners to fulfill that purpose.
‘DWAC currently has $293 Million in trust, assuming minimal redemptions, which can fuel TMTG’s scale up, including to provide world class leading technology services to build strong and secure social networks and diverse media offerings.’
After the merger, TMTG is expected to be valued at $1.7 billion.
Trumps move comes as he was banned from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram earlier this year following the January 6 Capitol Hill riot.
The president is among those being investigated by the January 6 committee for allegedly knowing about the riot before hand and helping to organize it.
The former president had previously lashed out against the companies, claiming they were infringing on his freedom of speech and run by ‘Radical Left Lunatics.’
With his social media presence hindered, Trump had been left to communicate with supporters through his website, From the Desk of Donald J. Trump.
Facebook recently suffered backlash from Republicans who were outraged after a bombshell report claimed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife gave nearly $420million to nonprofits that aided in the administration and infrastructure of the 2020 election, and heavily favored Democrat counties.
Zuckerberg, 37, and his wife Priscilla Chan, 36, donated $419.5million to The Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) and The Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR), which the report says was given with specific conditions.
Using the donations, both CTCL and CEIR sent funds to local governments to implement administrative practices, voting methods, data-sharing agreements, and outreach programs for the 2020 elections, according to the report published in the Federalist on Tuesday.
Analysis shows Biden-winning counties were three times more likely to get funding from the organizations than Trump ones, and the Democrats were reportedly given a significant boost in key swing states through promotion of practices that have typically favored their vote tally, such as mail-in voting.
While CTCL and CEIR are both non-partisan organizations, the report calls the non-profits ‘demonstrably ideological’, and claims both likely contributed to the record-breaking turnout that led to Joe Biden’s win in 2020.
Zuckerberg has been under a barrage of criticism from GOP lawmakers after a bombshell report detailed his $400 million donation on Tuesday
CTCL grants, which largely went to Democrat-heavy counties, boosted the dollar per vote value of a Biden voter. A Biden-wining county was 3.5 times more likely to be funded by CTCL and Trump, and on average the dollar per vote for Biden was $2.85 compared to only $0.59 for Trump. In Philadelphia, the highest funded Biden county, the average dollar per vote was $6.32 compared to Berks, the highest funded Trump county, which was only $1.12
Zuckerberg’s contributions to the groups nearly matched the federal and state funding for COVID-19 related election expenses, which totaled $479.5million during the 2020 election.
North Carolina Rep. Dan Bishop accused the tech billionaire of putting ‘his thumb on the scale’ to give Democrats an edge in last year’s races.
‘Our elections are not for sale, but Mark Zuckerberg apparently believes otherwise as he did all he could to put a thumb on the scale for Democrats in 2020,’ Bishop told DailyMail.com.
‘It’s clear that no one meddled more in the last election than Zuckerberg and the Big Tech elites.’
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul on Wednesday ripped Zuckerberg for trying to ‘purchase’ Wisconsin, a critical battleground state that was reportedly targeted by one of the Zuckerberg-funded groups, for Biden.
‘Are our elections for sale? Did Mark Zuckerberg purchase the Wisconsin Presidential election?’ Paul asked.
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