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Donald Trump is like a pesky nest of fruit flies in your kitchen that just won’t go away, and least not without a ton of effort. The former president and beleaguered business mogul launched yet another crusade destined to fail in his new social media platform, TRUTH Social, but Twitter is already pressing the delete button on the venture.
According to a report from CNBC, the site, which has already been hacked, was introduced on Wednesday (Oct 20) as the first project of the Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) and is framed as a social media platform that will, “stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech.”
An announcement went wide via spokeswoman Liz Harrington via Twitter, which can be viewed by following this link. The company will be listed on the Nasdaq by way of a merger with Digital Owlrd Acquisition Group.
The company’s home address is Trump’s Mar-A-Lago club and Trump has been named its chairman with aims to promote conservative ideals in the social media space. It also positions itself as a counter to Twitter, which famously banned Trump from using its services due to several policy violations, especially after the U.S. Capitol insurgency allegedly egged on by Trump as he was soon to leave office.
What makes all of this especially intriguing is that members of Trump’s political party have distanced themselves from him, including the “stop the steal” movement that had legs but ultimately fell short to the truth that the election was far from rigged and that Trump simply lost.
TRUTH Social is available for pre-order in the Apple App store, already sparking some outrage from users. A beta version of the service will start rolling out next month with a promised launch in early 2022. However, the site has already been hacked reportedly and folks on Twitter are shooting down the concept before it takes off.
We’ve got those reactions below.
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Donald Trump just launched a new conservative social media platform called Truth
The crazy part? He's taking it public via a SPAC today
But that's not even the craziest thing about the company…
THREAD
pic.twitter.com/cw904cmqLO
— bill spookman
(@BillSPACman) October 21, 2021
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Was just able to setup an account using the handle @donaldtrump on 'Truth Social,' former President Donald Trump's new social media website.
Although the site is not officially open, a URL was discovered allowing users to sign up anyway. pic.twitter.com/MRMQzjNhma
— Mikael Thalen (@MikaelThalen) October 21, 2021
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Meidas Scoop: SEC Documents reveal that SPAC merging into new Trump ‘media entity’ TRUTH Social run by CEO of China Yunhong Holdings Ltd. pic.twitter.com/EgMscUz9a8
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) October 21, 2021
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Trump launches Truth Social:
Trump Presidency
Trump University
Trump Foundation
Trump Institute
Trump Casinos
Trump Airline
Trump USFL team
Trump Vodka
Trump Twitter account
Trump Blog
Trump Magazine
Trump Network
Trump The Game
Trump Travel
Trump Steaks
Trump Ice#TruthSocial pic.twitter.com/12UMTmlKQ8— Tomi Ahonen Reinstated Truth Socialist (@tomiahonen) October 21, 2021
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.@Apple-You need to remove trump’s Truth Social from your App Store immediately. @tim_cook
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) October 21, 2021
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Trump announcing that his new media platform will be called TRUTH is the death of irony.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) October 21, 2021
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The "donaldjtrump" account of Trump's TRUTH Social has already been hacked. pic.twitter.com/LDQ5w24tcV
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) October 21, 2021
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Trump starting a company called TRUTH Social is like Jeffrey Dahmer starting a company called NOT-A-CANNIBAL Teen Safety Services.
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) October 21, 2021
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Man who made a total of 30,573 false or misleading claims during his White House tenure, not including the super duper election BIG LIE, is naming his new social media platform TRUTH Social, and it's SPAC is from WUHAN, CHINA. Everybody drink Trump Vodka with your Trump Steaks! pic.twitter.com/NMdyFb09BB
— 🄲🄸🄽🄳🅈
(@SmartyPants_USA) October 21, 2021
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The CEO of Trump’s new SPAC vehicle for Truth Social also runs a publicly traded company in China per SEC records.
That company is Yunhong International, a Cayman bank check company headquartered in Wuhan, Hubei province. pic.twitter.com/I2sOTVEfpW
— Grant Stern is fully vaccinated (@grantstern) October 21, 2021
Seems legit.
(@BillSPACman)
(@SmartyPants_USA)