Long-time senior adviser and spokesperson for Trump's 2020 campaign Jason Miller reveals that the former President Donald Trump will be back with his own new social media platform.
The official told Fox on Sunday, Mar. 21 that the app will be "returning to social media in probably about two or three months."
Miller added that the new platform is expected to attract "tens of millions" of new users and that it will "completely redefine the game."
Trump's 'Game Changer'
Miller, who is also a principal at SHW Partners LLC, said he believes that that new platform will become the hottest ticket in social media.
During the interview with Fox, he said that many people have been waiting to see what the former President does.
Miller declined to provide more details about the new social media platform, but he revealed that Trump has been busy turning his plans into reality.
This includes Trump having "high-powered meetings" with various teams to work on the venture, adding that the former President had been approached by "numerous companies" to get the plans off the ground.
"This new platform is going to be big," the senior adviser shared during the #MediaBuzz interview, adding that it is inevitable for Trump to draw "tens of millions of people."
Trump Vs. Social Media
Top social media platform Twitter announced on Jan. 8 that they are permanently suspending Trump's account @realDonaldTrump.
According to Twitter's blog post, the decision comes to avoid further incitement of violence - an indirect reference to the January 6 insurrection against the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.
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The post referenced the move to their "public interest framework," which aims to provide the people with information straight from the leaders and the ability to engage with them.
Other social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, followed suit immediately after Twitter's ban.
In Facebook's case, NBC reported on Jan. 15 that CEO Mark Zuckerberg had come to believe that Trump's social media activities had crossed the line.
Known for taking a hands-off approach in discussions involving the former President, Zuckerberg eventually changed his mind after a series of conversations with his top lieutenants.
The said lieutenants include global affairs chief Nick Clegg; Monika Bickert, the head of global content policy; Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg; and Joel Kaplan, the company's vice president of global public policy and its top emissary to Republicans in Washington.
Eventually, Zuckerberg announced through the company's blog of their decision to ban the former President as risks to let him continue are simply too great.
The blog also announced Facebook's additional measure which includes:
- Automatically disabling comments on posts in Groups that start to have a high rate of hate speech or content that incites violence, and
- Using AI to demote content that likely violates our policies
- Increasing the requirement of Group admins to review and approve posts before they can go up
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Written by Lee Mercado