{"id":52113,"date":"2022-02-21T14:23:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T22:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=52113"},"modified":"2022-03-14T13:07:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T20:07:36","slug":"trumps-truth-social-twitter-ripoff-follows-in-the-footsteps-of-his-prior-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=52113","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s TRUTH Social Twitter Ripoff Follows in the Footsteps of His Prior Failures"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there is one thing that is consistent about Donald Trump, it’s his unchallenged status as America’s biggest loser<\/a><\/strong>. He has seemingly boundless ability to screw up everything he touches. The former reality TV game show host, who was evicted from the White House after a single disastrous term, also has a resume of humiliating failure that is unmatched. It includes his four bankrupt casinos, his fraudulent university, his steaks, his vodka, his airline, his D.C. hotel, his scam charitable foundation that was shut down because it was stealing funds, and so much more.<\/p>\n

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Trump also bears the dishonor of being the first president in history to be impeached twice. He is the first president in decades to leave office with fewer people employed than when he started. He exploded the national debt by cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy. He incited deadly riots in Washington, D.C. by insurrectionist mobs. And he is directly responsible for the deaths of nearly a million Americans due to his incompetent mishandling of the COVID pandemic.<\/p>\n

Now Trump has proudly launched what he delusionally believes will supplant Twitter<\/a><\/strong> in the social media space. But his ironically named “TRUTH”<\/em> Social (named after Russia’s news outlet Pravda, which means truth?) got off to an ignominious beginning. As reported by the Daily Beast<\/a><\/strong>…<\/p>\n

“Would-be users of Trump\u2019s new app merely struggled to create an account after Sunday night\u2019s launch. Around 11 p.m. ET, select users who tried to create accounts were repeatedly met with a red error warning: ‘Something went wrong. Please try again.'” […]<\/p>\n

“On Sunday, Devin Nunes, the former Republican congressman-turned-CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group, said that he hopes the new app will be fully operational by the end of March.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This inauspicious introduction was met with appropriate mockery. Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu tweeted<\/a><\/strong> that “Many people say that if #TruthSocial can\u2019t even handle opening new accounts, how will it keep your account from being hacked? Also, the problems won\u2019t be fixed until late March. So is their staff like 2 people, the failed Devin Nunes and his cousin\u2019s friend who is the coder?”<\/em><\/p>\n

From the other side of the aisle Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger also tweeted<\/a><\/strong> that “Social media sadly thrives on conflict. #truthsocial (which is ironically named) will be boring and fail, because it will be all Trump-fed drones. BUT, please don\u2019t come back to real social media if you left for Trump and Nunes great idea. You get your one shot.”<\/em><\/p>\n

These are all good points. What’s more, it bears noting that TRUTH Social’s user base has a ways to go before it can considered competitive with Twitter’s 200,000,000 users. At present there is a significant difference in the potential for interactions between the two platforms. For instance, Trump had more than 88,000,000 followers on Twitter. He has 175 followers on TRUTH Social. Country singer Travis Tritt has 286,000 followers on Twitter. He has 40 followers on TRUTH Social. GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn has 364,000 followers on Twitter. He has 0 followers on TRUTH Social. With stats like that Trump’s cult disciples are surely going to rush to delete their Twitter accounts and live exclusively on TRUTH Social. Right?<\/p>\n

It’s easy to see why Trump is so anxious to make this move. He has been banned on Twitter. And he has lost about 98% of his likes and retweets<\/a><\/strong> that are now posted by his Twitter ban defying spokes-shill<\/a><\/strong>, Liz Harrington. But he is unlikely to restore his former online glory. For one thing, his Twitter clone (built on open source software for which he is violating the license of the original developers) will be competing with other conservative social media sites (Gab, Parlar, Gettr, and the MyPillow guy\u2019s FRANKSpeech) that beat him to the market (and are failing anyway).<\/p>\n

It is also notable that Trump is hailing his venture as a haven for free speech. Which is hysterical given that the terms of service explicitly prohibit<\/a><\/strong> any criticism of the site or its operators. Which means that there can be no criticism of its Chairman, Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

However, Trump has a business plan that he’s convinced will rocket him to the top of the conservative garbage heap. He’ll just sue his competition<\/a><\/strong>, or try to outlaw them<\/a><\/strong>, and if that doesn’t work just ask everybody to ditch them<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

“Twitter is a disgrace to democracy. They shouldn\u2019t be allowed to do business in this Country. […] Everybody should drop off of Twitter and Facebook.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That should do it. Now there will probably be hordes of Trump Deplorables signing up for TRUTH Social any minute now, just waiting to interact with people who think exactly like they do in a community that is a tiny fraction of what Twitter has. What could be more fun? Let’s hope that they find happiness there and, as Rep. Kinzinger said, “Please, don\u2019t come back.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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