Banned by Facebook and Twitter, Donald Trump has gone back to the future with an online communication tool that might be described as a glorified blog.<\/p>\n
His retro webpage, billed From the Desk of Donald J Trump, appears at DonaldJTrump.com\/desk and features a small photo of the 45th president writing in a book on his desk.<\/p>\n
A video includes archive material announcing Trumps ban from Twitter and images of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida and of a desktop, overlaid by captions: In a time of silence and lies, a beacon of freedom arises. A place to speak freely and safely. Straight from the desk of Donald J Trump.<\/p>\n
Below the video are a series of Trump statements resembling blogposts, of which the most recent begins: Heartwarming to read new polls on big-shot warmonger Liz Cheney of the great State of Wyoming.<\/p>\n
Cheney is under fire from fellow Republicans loyal to Trumps claims that he actually won the 2020 election, because she publicly calls out the lie and has strongly criticised the 6 January insurrection at the US Capitol by extremist Trump supporters.<\/p>\n
Tabs on Trumps new website allow users to like or share the posts on their own Facebook or Twitter accounts, but there is no option for them to reply.<\/p>\n
Visitors are also invited to sign up for alerts, so that Trumps musings can be beamed directly into their inboxes. Perhaps unsurprisingly, options to shop and contribute figure prominently.<\/p>\n
A footnote says the tool is funded jointly by the ex-presidents Save America and Make America Great Again political action committees.<\/p>\n
When the page was unveiled on Tuesday, social media erupted with comment and mockery suggesting that Trumps long-awaited return to social media owed much to platforms such as Blogger, launched in 1999.<\/p>\n
But Jason Miller, a senior adviser to the former president, sought to provide a clarification via Twitter.<\/p>\n
President Trumps website is a great resource to find his latest statements and highlights from his first term in office, but this is not a new social media platform, he wrote. Well have additional information coming on that front in the very near future.<\/p>\n
Twitter announced it had banned Trump permanently after the US Capitol attack for breaking its glorification of violence rules.<\/p>\n
Facebook also banned him, with its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, saying the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great.<\/p>\n
But Facebooks independent oversight board is expected to announce on Wednesday whether it is overturning the suspension.<\/p>\n
In the meantime Trump, exiled at his private Mar-a-Lago residence and club in Palm Beach after leaving office in defeat and disgrace, has been sending press releases to journalists.<\/p>\n
They are often in a style reminiscent of his tweets, with capital letters, exclamation marks and misspellings. But they no longer drive the days agenda or cable news chyrons as his presidential missives once did.<\/p>\n
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