TRUMP PLANS SOCIAL MEDIA RETURN WITH HIS OWN PLATFORM

Mon 22 March 2021:

Former US President Donald Trump will soon return to social media “with his own platform”, his adviser has said.

Jason Miller, a spokesman for Trump’s 2020 campaign, told the network that Trump would re-enter the social media space with a new platform of his own that would “completely redefine the game.”

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Miller provided no details on this, saying only that “everybody is going to be waiting and watching to see what exactly President Trump does”.

The adviser said Mr Trump had already had “high-powered meetings” with various teams regarding the venture at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

“Numerous companies” had already approached the former president, Mr Miller said.

“This new platform is going to be big,” he added, predicting that Mr Trump would draw “tens of millions of people”.

Twitter last week said it would seek public input on when and how it should ban world leaders, saying it was reviewing policy and considering whether the leaders should be held to the same rules as other users.

Twitter, Facebook and others have been under scrutiny for the way they handle accounts of politicians and government officials after their ban of Trump for inciting violence.