Trump closes his blog just a month after launch
According to CNBC, former President Donald Trump canceled his blog, From the Desk of Donald J. Trump , less than 30 days after launching it.
In a statement on Wednesday, spokesman Jason Miller said the page "will not return" and that it "was only auxiliary to the larger efforts we have and are working on." The page has not been updated for a few days.
“I hope to have more information on the broader efforts soon, but I don't have a clear understanding of the timing,” Miller added via email.
Billed as a "communication platform" and a "place to speak freely and safely", the blog will convert previous entries under a "news" link with entries titled "Statement by Donald J Trump, 45th President of the United States".
As The Independent notes, "The links to rumors from donaldjtrump.com/desk display a 404 error and the link to the main" desk "page shows a signup form to subscribe to emails and text messages from the Trump campaign." The news is still available, but in a more complex way and in any case they have not been updated for a few days.
Facebook and Twitter both banned Trump from posting on their platforms after January 6, when a mob of supporters of the then president violently invaded the United States Capitol, forcing a joint session of Congress into hiding.
Trump and his allies have long accused social media giants of being tainted with political bias and prone to censor conservatives. The former president made fun of the launch of an alternative platform. -CNBC
The blog had over 212,000 interactions in its first week, but then, over time, it lost appeal and saw a steep drop in visits and interest. The website is part of Save America, a joint fundraising committee supported by the Make America Great Again political action committee.
In a post on his website on May 24 that no longer appears to appear on the revamped page, Trump said the traffic "would be even greater if we were still on Twitter and Facebook, but since Big Tech illegally banned me, dozens of millions of our supporters have stopped using these platforms because they have become "boring" and mean ".
"This is supposed to be a temporary way to let the public know my thoughts and ideas without the Fake News tour, but the website is not a" platform, "he said. “It is simply a way of communicating until I decide what the future will be for choosing or creating a platform. It will happen soon. Stay tuned!" – the Independent
Trump was at pains to create a specific social media for his supporters, and “From the desk” seems to have been only an intermediate step, even if not particularly successful. We will see in the coming days what the new presidential initiatives will be.
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