President Donald Trump has revealed he has hundreds of millions of dollars in backing for a new social media venture that would give him an online presence and protect conservatives from being shut down online.
Washington Examiner Two sources familiar with discussions said investors even included Silicon Valley heavyweights motivated by fears of censorship and online “cancel culture.” Details emerged as Trump began a new phase of his post-presidency, giving television interviews from his Florida base in the week after his Senate impeachment acquittal.
On Wednesday, he boasted about the millions of people who followed him on his now-shuttered Twitter and Facebook accounts and confirmed that he had considered buying a social media company.
We’re negotiating with a number of people,” he told Newsmax TV. “There is also the option of building our own site because we have more people than anybody, so you can literally build your own site. But we were being really harassed on Twitter. They were putting up all sorts of flags, I guess they call them, they were flagging almost anything you said.”
Two sources familiar with discussions said Trump had also met with potential investors in a new online venture designed to allow the former president to engage with his supporters and protect them from being taken offline.
Trump’s team is using the free speech argument to attract libertarian donors, said one Republican. “They aren’t the people you might expect,” he said.
His 3 recent TV appearances to pay tribute to conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who died on Wednesday, marked a welcome return for the 74 million people who voted for him in November, he said. “There’s a real despondent feeling among those people,” he said. “And many were buoyed to hear the former president. We never had a president get silenced before. It’s never happened.”
Chairman of the American Conservative Union Matt Schlapp said it was impossible for Twitter, Facebook, and other tech giants to keep Trump out of politics.
In the meantime, many of his supporters have migrated to messaging sites, such as Telegram, or other microblogging sites such as Parler, which was itself taken offline last month by its host Amazon Web Services over a pattern of hateful posts.
It later emerged that Parler had been in talks with the Trump Organization last year, offering a 40% stake if he made the no-holds-barred platform his online home, according to Buzzfeed News.
Gab, a social media platform popular with Trump supporters, is even keeping a seat, or at least a handle, warm for the former president.
“@realdonaldtrump is and always has been a mirror archive of POTUS’ tweets and statements that we’ve run for years,” wrote chief executive Andrew Torba in a recent post on the platform. “We’ve always been transparent about this and would obviously let people know if the president starts using it.”
We can’t forget that the imposter we have in the wh was 2nd in command of the administration that funded, trained and armed isis. Or the moderate rebels (mercenary provacateurs). We are in a world of shit being run by pos’s. Wait that gives shit a bad name.
Oh for fucks sake not Parler the fake platform with followbots hey why not join GAB with the same fake setupp geeez i really hope his staff isnt that dumb . CREATE YOUR OWN !!!!!!!! DAMM PLATFORM . Gab is FAKE just as Parler is same setupp same AI that follows back randomly both are taking info from your twitter account to see who you are following then they connect you there with the same party keeping you running in circles never reaching main stream population . My 3 year old gab account that has been inactive since day one still gets new followers every month and guess what they all relate to my twitter account . even ppl that are in jail at that time started to follow me lmfao . If full lockdown all restrictions and still they manage somehow to start following me from jail LMFAO !!!!!!
hslot, I’m sorry if you think he is actually considering taking over an existing platform. I don’t believe that for a minute.
I don’t know if I sound sincere (to you all) but I miss President Donald Trump.
In 2016 even I thought his foreign policy would be very anti-Muslim (‘we’ll bomb the hell out of them”), and many Muslim clerics had started issuing fatwas that these will probably be fitna times. But most of his anti-Muslim speeches turned out to be campaign rhetoric. Many Muslim nations appreciated the fact that he pulled out US troops from the Middle-East. The Abraham Records with Israel were a big crowning achievement.
I also have a collection of the books Trump wrote….and they aren’t gathering dust. I read them when I can.
Ghulam, I do believe what you say about Trump because you’ve been saying as much since you started posting here. Apparently, a lot of your Arab Muslim brothers agree with you.
I would love to join in.
Well, instead of creating his own, there are already existing sites such as Gab. Anxiously waiting! In the meantime, they are still trying to silence Trump. Some Dem is suing him & they are trying to kick him out of Mar a Lago, last I heard.
Az, sites like Gab can be compromised, just like Parler was. He needs to control all the software and hardware involved with such an undertaking.
He’d still need an ISP and a domain registrar, both of which would be subject to attack. Phone apps are also vulnerable.
Daj, BNI used to get attacked and taken down all the time. I went through 5 different webhosts until I got to my current one, whose advanced security systems keep us safe. It’s not that the attacks have disappeared, there are hundreds each day, but the system prevents them from doing damage or taking us down. You pay a big price for that, however, but I don’t think that will be a problem for Trump.
Networks were my living, as good as this sounds it’s a hot potato, a great way to get sued, a huge liability issue. Leftist we all know will make up the stupidest lies and sue you a thousand times. I can see why it’s a good idea. I can see this being huge mess. Resisting Hate on twitter is ANTIFA, they are in the UK and they are paid. Monkey Laz, and Joker would create a 1,000 Sock account just like they have on twitter and harass people day and night. They are POS!
Vicious attacks began on President Trump, his entire family and Trump supporters from the day Trump was elected four years ago.
Multi millionaire and billionaire communists, Silicon Valley, wealthy corporations, Hollywood and wealthy celebrities HATE Conservatives.
The hearts of over 80 million people who voted for Trump are with Trump. And Trump’s heart is with his supporters.
We must get the freedom back that has been stolen from us by the communist fascist left.
Linda, please, do not forget ISLAM. The Muslims’ agenda is very well coincide with the enemy of the republic, which takes many names and forms. Notice, the exact behavior of the Democrats and Muslims!!
The loud ALARM in my head increases when I notice the fact of ignoring this vicious extremely hateful group among the outspoken sincere patriots. It is my strong belief and long personal horrible experience with ISLAM that I really consider ISLAM is the MAIN reason of what is happening in our country and, actually, around the world. It is obvious how close the Muslims and the American mafia aka Democrat Party. This criminal party would sleep with the Devil to satisfy their hunger for power and money AND they demonstrated just that clearly with the election of our hero President Donald Trump.
Sorry, but I felt the urge to bring your attention to this fact , because I noticed the fire in your comments.
May our Lord of Lords Jesus Christ bless AMERCA and you.
DO NOT CALL IT SOCIAL MEDIUM OR MEDIA. THAT IS WHAT SOCIALISTS, MARXISTS, COMMUNISTS, AND ALL HATERS OF MANKIND, INCLUDING THE MISOGYNISTS DESCRIBE THEIR MEDIA AS THEY FREE TO LIE, DECEIVE, ROB ELECTIONS, ETC., AND USE THESE SO-CALLED SOCIAL MEDIA TO CHANNEL THIER GRAND WICKEDNESS. PLEASE, DESCRIBE THE MEDIUM OR MEDIA ÇAPITAL MEDIUM/MEDIA OR ANY OTHER TAG THAT EMANCIPATES.
Any suggestions?
Sound development. The right will need to set up an internet structure that completely doesn’t need any leftist company to function.
Mind you – the left will go crazy being left out and out of control, but – remove the need for the left.