Ever since former President Donald Trump's lies and attacks prompted a deadly failed insurrection against the United States Capitol, he's been banned from a host of social media outlets—most notably, the Twitter account that served as a defining aspect of his historically unpopular presidency.
After Twitter permanently banned Trump from the outlet for inciting his followers to violence, Trump and his allies falsely claimed the company was in violation of his First Amendment right to free speech. They subsequently promised a new outlet that would allow conservative voices to be heard, with little to no moderation.
This first iteration of this came in the form of what was a glorified blog on his official website—only allowing Trump to post and his followers to share the posts, not interacting or making posts of their own. The site was pulled from the web after Trump grew dissatisfied with the mockery and lack of readership.
Then, the Trumposphere's saw the creation of GETTR, a social media platform founded by Trump's former spokesman, Jason Miller, but Jennifer Jacobs of Bloomberg News later reported that Trump wouldn't be joining the outlet, focusing instead on once again creating his own platform.
And on Wednesday, Trump finally announced that platform—the ironically titled "TRUTH Social," which Trump said would stand up to the "tyranny of big tech."
He wrote in a statement:
"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."
The latest venture was widely mocked on social media.
The first to join will be FBI agents, getting the good seats to watch white nationalists gather and planhttps://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1450979228653137925\u00a0\u2026— rabia O'chaudry (@rabia O'chaudry) 1634778577
The next Trump University?\n\u2014 forced to shutdown and pay class-action lawsuithttps://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1450979228653137925\u00a0\u2026— \ud83d\ude37\u2014((( Freddy Atton )))\u2014\ud83d\ude37 (@\ud83d\ude37\u2014((( Freddy Atton )))\u2014\ud83d\ude37) 1634802825
And watch it flop.https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1450979228653137925\u00a0\u2026— \ud83c\udf0a Flying Spaghetti Monster\ud83c\udf0a (@\ud83c\udf0a Flying Spaghetti Monster\ud83c\udf0a) 1634775793
Grand Opening\nGrand Closing incominghttps://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1450979228653137925\u00a0\u2026— \uff24\uff45\uff56\uff49\uff41\uff4e\uff43\uff45 | \u0274\u1d0f\u1d21 \ua731\u1d0d\u1d0f\u1d0b\u026a\u0274\u0262 \u1d00\u0299\u1d07\u0280\u1d05\u1d07\u1d07\u0274 (@\uff24\uff45\uff56\uff49\uff41\uff4e\uff43\uff45 | \u0274\u1d0f\u1d21 \ua731\u1d0d\u1d0f\u1d0b\u026a\u0274\u0262 \u1d00\u0299\u1d07\u0280\u1d05\u1d07\u1d07\u0274) 1634776926
Grand Opening\nGrand Closing incominghttps://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1450979228653137925\u00a0\u2026— \uff24\uff45\uff56\uff49\uff41\uff4e\uff43\uff45 | \u0274\u1d0f\u1d21 \ua731\u1d0d\u1d0f\u1d0b\u026a\u0274\u0262 \u1d00\u0299\u1d07\u0280\u1d05\u1d07\u1d07\u0274 (@\uff24\uff45\uff56\uff49\uff41\uff4e\uff43\uff45 | \u0274\u1d0f\u1d21 \ua731\u1d0d\u1d0f\u1d0b\u026a\u0274\u0262 \u1d00\u0299\u1d07\u0280\u1d05\u1d07\u1d07\u0274) 1634776926
The site, which wasn't even supposed to be open for registration yet, is facing a litany of blunders and accused of engaging in shady legal behavior.
The "donaldjtrump" account of Trump's TRUTH Social has already been hacked.pic.twitter.com/LDQ5w24tcV— Drew Harwell (@Drew Harwell) 1634785785
Was just able to setup an account using the handle @donaldtrump on 'Truth Social,' former President Donald Trump's new social media website.\n\nAlthough the site is not officially open, a URL was discovered allowing users to sign up anyway.pic.twitter.com/MRMQzjNhma— Mikael Thalen (@Mikael Thalen) 1634784505
Running his media \u201cempire\u201d as competently as he ran our country into the ground. \n\n"I literally just registered 'mikepence.' The site hasn't even launched yet and it's already this vulnerable\u201d \u2066@drewharwell\u2069 \u2066@washingtonpost\u2069https://www.newsweek.com/trump-truth-social-hacked-within-hours-announcement-1641137\u00a0\u2026— Lou Paskalis \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Lou Paskalis \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1634817551
And because there was no Twitter account for TRUTH Social before the announcement, someone made sure to snag the username.
If you say mean things about us, we will not hesitate to report you to the manager of Twitter! Read our TOS!https://twitter.com/johncollins_kp/status/1451028154081026054\u00a0\u2026— TheTRUTHSocial (@TheTRUTHSocial) 1634787849
Success. It\u2019s in our DNA.pic.twitter.com/pHPYtolfFf— TheTRUTHSocial (@TheTRUTHSocial) 1634787241
Somebody please tell Jason Miller to stop calling us and crying.— TheTRUTHSocial (@TheTRUTHSocial) 1634788420
TRUTH Social's founder, Donald Trump, told over 30 thousand lies over the course of his presidency.
