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© 2021 AFPTrump announces plans to launch new social network 'TRUTH Social'
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2020hindsights
TRUTH Social! Couldn't have thought up of a more Orwellian name if I tried.
Peter Neil
Wow, it's just like the "Ministry of Truth" in the book Nineteen Eighty-Four.
rainyday
If you think about it, its actually kind of cute that there is a grumpy old retiree living in Florida who has decided to try his hand at making his own social media site after getting banned by the mods on other sites.
It sounds like it will be about as awful as one would expect from such an endeavor and I'm kind sort of interested in watching it in the same way I'm interested in watching Corey Feldman's musical career.
Newgirlintown
Trump and truth. Two words that don’t belong together in the same sentence.
Blacklabel
and now all of us, even Trump haters here, know the name of it- forever.
and this article plus your mocking comments about the name and the platform are publicizing its existence to every one else.
genius marketing. zero dollars spent now we can all go sign up.
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
Lmao no thanks. I predict this will go about as well as Trump's blog.
lincolnman
Oh, I can hear Colbert, Oliver and Stewart now....
Come on Trump people, if you weren't convinced Trump was conning you out of your hard earned money with crooked PACs, "Trump-cards", and now his "truth" network, I guess you'll never be....
Continue to get bilked and humiliated - while Trump uses your cash to pay off his Russian loans and dodgy lawyers, who have a 0-62 win/loss record proving election fraud....
All while Trump laughs and calls you the "great unwashed"...
https://www.theweek.co.uk/donald-trump/953321/four-things-we-know-michael-wolff-donald-trump-book
Blacklabel
sure you all will. You cant resist to post your repetitive Trump hating comments somewhere. Even on a Japan based comment board, for example.
I dont know, you forget Trump had 74.2 million people vote for him. And with Biden's approval rate in the toilet, Trump is even more popular now than he was on election day, lot of buyers remorse among independents (28% approval) and moderate Democrats (only 80%).
one would assume all these people (and you) would be interested in what Trump has to say in an interactive environment (which his blog wasnt, so it didnt attract any of you because you knew you couldnt post anything).
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
lmao Nope. Not once did I read Trump's pathetic blog. Indeed very, very few people did. And that is why he stopped his blog. This social media site will be all the same.
nishikat
I thought all Trump people believe Trump really won 2020 and the election was stolen from him. If so then that means that Biden will steal it again in 2024.
Trump people just want to control women's lives and their bodies.
Paul
Who is going to host it, somebody in Russia?
rainyday
Right, so in other words there already exist a plethora of venues on which to post "Trump hating comments", so why would any Trump haters need to go there to post them?
Come to think of it, why would any Trump lovers need to go there to post them either, you seem to be doing fine on here.
So the big difference is that this will be like his blog, only with the comments enabled?
Blacklabel
simple: because you cant stand there to be a place where Trump supporters can talk without your involvement. Example, Parler. #1 download on the App Store, then gone. coordinated effort in tech to deplatform it.
if there is anti Trump posting capability, you all will be there. Just like here.
The sweetest way to make money is from people who hate you.
PTownsend
The angry words of failed salesmen that haven't met their quotas.
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
Parler went down because a number of web hosting companies no longer wanted to provide services to their site, because it's become a bastion of racism, xenophobia, bigotry, and rightwing violence.
Totally. Just like the Trump blog that no longer exists, because people didn't read it.
Ah, so that explains why Trump loses money hand over foot. So sweet. lmao
lincolnman
Thanks for letting us know all these "inconvenient truths" bother you so much...
Enjoy reading "TruthSocial"....a joint business venture between Trump, Putin, and Xi - to undermine US democracy and make Russia and China Great Again...
nishikat
How? He doesn't pay the engineers and stiffs them. How long can this last? What happened to Trump's last social media network?
Tucker said that Trump did NOT take the vaccine and that Trump says to use Mr. Clean to treat Covid.
It's there. The URL is valid, what's the problem?
rainyday
Sorry, I'm just not feeling it.
I really only comment on Trump articles now to have a laugh when he does something like this and not because I hate him or am worried about what he is going to do next like I used to before he lost the election. He is yesterday's news now and honestly I've really enjoyed the past 10 months of not talking about Trump way more than I did the preceding 4 years of Trump talk.
With this new project I'm really just satisfied to sit on the sidelines and watch the human spectacle of mismanagement, greed and infighting unfolds in whatever direction it does. Not because it works me up or anything, but because its honestly kind of amusing.
runner3
Truth, Trump! What an insult to truth. Kind of like Trump university, or anything else Trump gets involved in to rip off people.
prionking
Hah! It's already having the desired effect of getting the haters worked up into a rabid frenzy. Brilliant move.
GdTokyo
Come on,
We all know that he is lazy as the day is long and is cheap to boot. Setting up a social media network takes real effort, real time and real money - None of which Trump has in abundance.
I don't know, you forget he had 82 million vote against him and probably more now that he is revealed to be a domestic terrorist instigator.
And make money off those that hate him? Genius marketing? Seriously? If I were you, I would ask for my MBA fees back.
This is a scam to bilk his gullible rubes, so...... I guess you have already signed up?
ClippetyClop
It’s going to be such a monumental failure like everything else his tiny hands touch
Jimizo
Fair point.
The bigger worry is that the delirious morons who believe in his conspiracy theories could get into rabid frenzy. That lot can get psychotic.
If he can keep it to trash like recommending his followers to watch non-existent sex tapes, that would be less harmful.
I’m sure we all hope he doesn’t link to dodgy videos from racist groups again. That was just filth.
GdTokyo
So just a bit of context from Politico:
So, not his big reveal but merely piggy-backing off an existing site so that he can make money pleas.
See? I told you he was a lazy bum.
plasticmonkey
TRUTH Social
Nothing says big stinking lie like all caps.
nishikat
Trump will try to steal next election. Proof: He refused to leave and he (and his Trump people) think he's the legal president. Just watch. Trump fires people who refuse to believe that Trump lost. Like with Corey Lewandowski
GdTokyo
And in an unrelated note that I am SURE that has NOTHING to do with this, .....
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/15/trump-criminal-investigation-manhattan-da-probes-seven-springs-estate.html
One wonders how he will post from the slammer????
GdTokyo
One wonders how many of his loyal followers will make a mistake trying to type "GETTR", end up on Grinder without realizing, and suddenly become very confused about their sexuality.........
gokai_wo_maneku
So Trump has to keep this small or it would turn into big tech, right? Membership limited to 100?
ClippetyClop
I can see it simply being called ‘Suckerbook’ for the very short time that it will exist.
Jimizo
Nice one. I’ve been in meetings like that.
Maybe it’s deliberately ironic, Trump associated with the word ‘truth’ could be like Bill Clinton releasing one called ‘fidelity’ or Bush 2 with ‘genius’.
Blacklabel
yep, its on pre-order and the cost is.....free.
See you there.
plasticmonkey
Un-freaking-believable.
Mat
I suspect that "Truth" will be somewhat absent from post posts on this network.
I also expect it to be shutdown quickly when this manchild realises how much it will cost to run.
pointofview
prionking,
That was funny.
Mohan
"Trump" or "Truth"?
Happy Halloween!!
Jimizo
Oh, come on. Trump associated with the word ‘truth’ is open season for ridicule. Honest Trump supporters would have a skin thick enough to see the funny side.
Lighten up.
Peter Neil
Scary, isn't it?
prionking
You gave me the lead-in ;-)
Express sister
That's a lot. How many voted for his opponent?
nishikat
Is it even working? How can it be maintained since he doesn't even pay his staff? You work at Twitter or FB (like them or hate them) you get a salary, benefits, and stock options. What do you get for working for TrumpBook? How can Trump attract talented developers for TrumpBook when he will stiff them. If I were a start developer I would rather work for a real tech company where I know I wont get shafted.
Raw Beer
Great, we need something to counter all the fake and controlled mainstream and social media...
Blacklabel
81 million votes were counted for Biden. but based on his 37% approval rating and 28% with independents, a lot of Biden voters want a refund. Trump never been more popular than now, after seeing this disaster.
Its irrelevant, the point is that the 74.2 million who did vote for Trump can also sign up. Plus all the haters too.
nishikat
[Vaporware] definition is - a computer-related product that has been widely advertised but has not and may never become available
(Definition of vaporware - Merriam-Webster)
...and may never become available
I believe this part
Express sister
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that is more than the 74.2 million votes counted for Trump no?
Blacklabel
Truth Social. you know this.
nishikat
I don't use any social media including TrumpBook
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
Can, but one. The fact of the matter is that most people don't care enough to read what an inarticulate, washed-up loser like Trump has to say. Just look at his blog. How'd that go?
Express sister
Can't believe they silenced Teddy Roosevelt.
Raw Beer
It's called TRUTH Social. I'll probably use it...
Yes, we all know that Biden is the "most popular president ever". Everyone is constantly chanting his name at football games, concerts, and other large public events...
El Rata
TBH I'm not a big fan of Trump as a politician, but I bet his platform won't censor you if you post statistics, topics or certain facts that contradict the leftists Orwellian narrative.
Express sister
Do we? His approval ratings would suggest otherwise. He did win the most votes, though. Unless my math has failed me and 74.2 million is more than 81 million. You're a smart person, can you confirm one way or the other?
nishikat
How will TrumpBook succeed this time when all the other Trump social media has failed? How is it different this time?
HonestDictator
It is pretty obvious that there will be no truth there. Only self delusion and lies. This is what Trump has helped destroy any last shred of integrity the GOP had.
Let all the misinformed and gullible 'muricans congregate there together to perpetrate the big lie to themselves. How deep can they go before they reach the end of their sanity?
Happy Day
If you think information from Truth Social is flawed, just ignore it.
Many ignore news from CNN or the New York Times because they believe it is propaganda.
Jimizo
To be fair, his Twitter account could be funny. It was a toilet and could get into ugly trash like dodgy racist videos, but a lot of it was like laughing at farts.
When he was trolling about him being in power for decades before getting a complete hiding at the election, I did laugh out loud
Jimizo
Let’s be honest about what Trump is. If Trump was posting on here, he’d have an army of sock puppet accounts.
That’s the level of character we are talking about.
prionking
I won't disagree
GdTokyo
Some are saying there is a lot of hate for "less than cognitive Voldemort" here.
I think they mistake "mockery" for "hate."
There is quite a bit of chuckling at his expense. To be fair, he is a complete buffoon.
Jimizo
Fair enough.
I’ve never understood cultish behaviour. I’ve never voted for a party or candidate and been able to make excuses for the blindingly obvious flaws and failures.
Trump is an outrageous liar, fabulist and conspiracy theorist in the way Bill Clinton was a serial womanizer and Bush 2 couldn’t string a coherent sentence together.
It’s blindingly obvious. Trump with ‘TRUTH’ must be seen as ironic.
nishikat
If you think information from TrumpBook is flawed, just ignore it.
There is nothing to ignore. TrumpBook is vapor ware. It doesn't even exist.
plasticmonkey
reruns of The Dukes of Hazzard, Hee Haw, and Duck Dynasty
From Trump Steaks to Trump Casinos to Trump University, the Trump brand is quality like you've never seen before. TrumpBook will continue this sterling legacy.
SuperLib
This will fail.
Peter14
Truth Social, for liars only. Anyone speaking truth will be banned. Yet another losing venture from the bankrupt guy who brought you Trump University.
Stay away from the loser in Chief and anything close to him.
GdTokyo
Plaza Hotel (Lost in the bankruptcy)
Trump Casino (Bankrupt)
Trump Shuttle (Lost in the bankruptcy)
Trump Steaks(Bankrupt)
Trump Models(Bankrupt)
Trump Vodka(Bankrupt)
Trump's courses in Scotland (have never made money)
Trump Hotel in DC (Losing money and cannot be sold)
Trump Truth.......
I see a pattern forming.
Concerned Citizen
Whatever you think of Trump you gotta admire his guts to fight against all the odds. David v Goliath.
starpunk
Utterly pathetic. His last social network didn't last long because he got so mant slammings and slaggings.
Give it up, Don. Nobody really likes you, you're the most hated person in the world and you did it to yourself.
Don't go away sad, don't go away mad. Just go away.
Kyo wa heiwa dayo ne
Haha trump
Here we go again
Stump the trump
Kinda clever yet ridiculous and somewhat pathetic
Giggles
NOMINATION
Question to those commenting above me, be honest: Are you triggered by this or happy to see Trump's name back in the news?
cleo
I imagine at least a modicum of brain capacity is needed to juggle multiple accounts. Way beyond the capabilities of our favourite stable genius.
Pukey2
Concernedcitizen:
When you're as narcissistic and thin-skinned as the fat guy, you'll do anything. Even throw your family under the bus.
Peter Neil
This all reminds me of something I read called Bonhoeffer's Theory of Stupidity. It's basically that stupid people are more dangerous than wicked people.
You can try to use reason and attempt to refute people who are wicked.
But, you can't do so with stupid people because they simply don't accept irrefutable facts. They're off in la-la land.
Trump is a carnival huckster who is taking the stupid people for a ride and is gong to take their money... again.
GdTokyo
Now THAT's funny!
Trump wasn't born on 3rd base. He was born 5 inches from home and still managed to fail. His entire life is a repeating cycle of failure and then getting bailed out by some external party. First Daddy, then the banks, then perhaps the Russians, and finally the Invertebrates in the GOP senate.
Essentially stole daddy's money to cover up his failure. THE SINGLE BIGGEST TAX LOSER IN THE UNITED STATES FOR MANY YEARS RUNNING.
I mean, how do you lose money on a casino? People pay to play games stacked in your favor and then get drunk doing so making their decisions even worse.
It's like a self-printing money machine.
It's like a Dairy Queen going bankrupt in Texas (ask Bass). I mean,....... it's theoretically possible but you just never see it in real life.
Until Trump......
His guts.... David and Goliath....lol.
More like Bevis and Butthead and he is both.
GdTokyo
Nomination,
Not triggered, mocking. Bit of a difference.
It's like laughing with someone vs. AT someone. Guess which one we are doing?
lincolnman
Yes indeed, on "TruthSocial" you'll get the REAL truth, not that fact-based, scientific, empirical truth from other places.....just call it the "orange truth".....
And breaking tonight, read all about how the earth really is flat, and that William Shatner saw it with his own eyes last week, but is being blackmailed by Hugo Chavez, Bill Gates, Hunter Biden, and Leonard Nimoy to say it's round...
The Orange Truth people.....