Donald Trump Announces Launch of Media Company, Social Platform – The Hollywood Reporter
9 months after being expelled from social media for his function in inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol rebellion, former President Donald Trump mentioned Wednesday he’s launching a brand new media firm with its personal social media platform.
Trump says his objective in launching the Trump Media & Expertise Group and its “TRUTH Social” app is to create a rival to the Huge Tech corporations which have shut him out and denied him the megaphone that was paramount to his nationwide rise.
“We stay in a world the place the Taliban has an enormous presence on Twitter, but your favourite American President has been silenced,” he mentioned in a press release. “That is unacceptable.”
In a launch, the brand new enterprise introduced it had been created by a merger with Digital World Acquisition Corp. and mentioned it seeks to change into a publicly listed firm.
Trump has spoken about launching his personal social media website ever since he was barred from Twitter and Fb. An earlier effort to launch a weblog on his present web site was deserted after the web page drew dismal views.
Along with the app, which is predicted to soft-launch subsequent month, with a nationwide rollout early subsequent yr, the corporate says it’s planning a video-on-demand service that can characteristic leisure programming, information and podcasts.