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Nevilledog

(51,080 posts)
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 12:43 PM Mar 2022

Donald Trump Can't Stop Whining About His Failing Social Media App

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-cant-stop-whining-about-his-failing-social-media-app-truth-social?ref=scroll

As Donald Trump weighs another run for the White House, the twice-impeached former president has made a point of embarking on new business opportunities to increase his wealth and maintain his personal brand. But unfortunately for Trump, one of his most heavily promoted ventures—Truth Social—is currently looking less like a success and more like an embarrassing dud.

Even for a soft launch, Truth Social’s launch has been particularly soft. And after a botched rollout where most prospective users were simply added to a wait list, Trump has been grumbling about the app behind the scenes, according to two sources familiar with the matter, even as he’s tried to put on a brave face publicly.

In recent weeks, sources have heard the former president on the phone swearing gratuitously and asking things like, “What the fuck is going on” with Truth Social.

He’s repeatedly groused about the negative press and the less-than-stellar optics of the rollout, these sources said. And he’s demanded to know why more people aren’t using it—why the app isn’t swiftly dominating the competition.

During his presidency and in the years prior to his political rise, Trump had a famous reputation for berating underlings for failures that were mostly his own fault. Throughout all those years, his short attention span was a constant; he tends to quickly lose interest in novel business ideas, partnerships, and money-making gimmicks that oftentimes rapidly go nowhere—if not worse.

*snip*




I mean with Devin Nunes in charge, how could it possibly fail?

I saw someone say it looked like Twitter, but with no people.
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Donald Trump Can't Stop Whining About His Failing Social Media App (Original Post) Nevilledog Mar 2022 OP
I hear it's very popular... OneBlueDotS-Carolina Mar 2022 #1
Millions of people are saying... Blue Owl Mar 2022 #5
10 Moos For you! n/t OneBlueDotS-Carolina Mar 2022 #8
Bart Simpson says......... Takket Mar 2022 #15
Idiot. Sign an executive order to make people use it dalton99a Mar 2022 #2
Another failed business to go along with his bankruptcies bif Mar 2022 #3
Well, I'm sure it's not banned in Russia. enki23 Mar 2022 #4
If he changed the app's name to "Lies Antisocial" his people would feel more at home using it. sop Mar 2022 #6
Or "Pravda". ret5hd Mar 2022 #16
just a reminder ... dweller Mar 2022 #7
It looks like the old boy would be used to failures by now and have learned to take them like a man. Chainfire Mar 2022 #9
TDFG has the best people. Example: Devin Numbnutz NCjack Mar 2022 #10
I heard he's only posted on it once so why would his cultists want to pay to use the site? LonePirate Mar 2022 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author LonePirate Mar 2022 #12
Hire corrupt republican congressman. Get cow pie. C_U_L8R Mar 2022 #13
"How come no one is eating my shit sandwich! My shit is delicious!" Takket Mar 2022 #14
Sounds like Putin sitting at the end of a long table telling the Russian Finance Minister maxrandb Mar 2022 #17
The real truth... ultralite001 Mar 2022 #18
TFG fails at everything he attempts LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 #19
Ha! Nevilledog Mar 2022 #20

LonePirate

(13,417 posts)
11. I heard he's only posted on it once so why would his cultists want to pay to use the site?
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 01:03 PM
Mar 2022

It's just a matter of time before the whole thing goes under.

Response to Nevilledog (Original post)

maxrandb

(15,320 posts)
17. Sounds like Putin sitting at the end of a long table telling the Russian Finance Minister
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 02:55 PM
Mar 2022

To "fix the Russian economy".

I didn't come up with this, but I love it:

"Donnie Dipshit is so disappointed with his social media app he has changed its name to Don Jr."

ultralite001

(894 posts)
18. The real truth...
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 03:03 PM
Mar 2022

Not an auspicious beginning...

[link:

https://truthsocial.statuspage.io/| ]


If the TS app started on at 23:00 20 February 2022 with release in the Apple store,
why does this image on the home page

[link:https://truthsocial.com/|]

indicate "Mr Bob Jones" joined September 2021???

[link:

https://imgur.com/01xSEug|]

It appears someone is not telling the truth...


Take a look at "Mr Bob Jones" website:

[link:

http://joneworks.studio|]

Classic redirect...

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