(The Associated Press) Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is starting a new media firm with its own social media platform, nine months after being banned from social media for his part in instigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurgency.
Trump claims that his purpose in creating the Trump Media & Technology Group and its “Truth Social” app is to build a competitor to the Big Tech corporations who have refused to work with him and denied him the megaphone that was crucial to his national ascension.
“We live in a world where the Taliban has a sizable Twitter presence, but your beloved American President has been silenced,” he stated in a statement. “This is really unacceptable.”
