TRUTH Social
Where Things Stand: New Social Site About As Functional As His White House
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04.04.22 | 6:30 pm

Who could’ve seen this coming/Only the best people/You’re fired/etc.

I wrote earlier this year about the deliciously glitchy roll-out of former President Trump’s new social media app, which he created to spite Facebook and Twitter for daring to ban him after he used their platforms to incite his violent insurrection. Back in February, the Trump Media & Technology Group’s CEO (and former U.S. representative from California) Devin Nunes — who has also made a name for himself whining about Twitter and cows and left Congress to take on this Trump social task — predicted Trump’s new social site would need another month past its launch date to be fully functional.

But, it’s been more than a month since Truth Social weathered its disastrous debut. Things haven’t improved much.

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Where Things Stand: In Shock Of The Century, Trump’s Nunes-Run Social App Doesn’t Really Work
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02.23.22 | 6:15 pm

Ex-President Trump’s long-awaited, much-heralded (in some circles) social media app Truth Social has debuted. And it is, in short, a large glitch fest.

The new social network, which essentially looks like an off-brand version of Twitter, was supposed to launch on Monday, available for download in the Apple Store. Now the Trump Media & Technology Group’s CEO (and former U.S. representative from California) Devin Nunes is suggesting it could be another month before the website is ready for primetime.

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Devin Nunes To Leave Congress To Helm Trump’s Social Network
He will depart the Congress at the end of 2021.
12.06.21 | 5:21 pm
Trump Social Network Attracts SEC Inquiry
Regulators are investigating how the former president's new media company was financed.
12.06.21 | 12:00 pm