Trump Shuts Down Blog After One Month
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Former President Donald Trump’s blog, titled “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump,” has been shut down indefinitely, Trump senior aide Jason Miller announced Wednesday. Miller told CNBC that the blog, started on May 4 after the former president’s ban from Twitter and Facebook following the January 6th Capitol riot, “was just auxiliary to the broader efforts we have and are working on.” This echoed Trump’s previous statement calling the blog “a temporary way of getting my thoughts and ideas out to the public without the Fake News spin.” Additionally, an anonymous Trump adviser reportedly told The Washington Post that “the former president wanted to open a new ‘platform’ and didn’t like that this platform was being mocked and had so few readers.”
Right-rated outlets were less likely to cover this story and tended to focus on Miller’s comments. Some coverage from left-rated outlets highlighted the blog’s short lifespan, with some analysis coverage disparaging the blog as “whiny.”
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From the Center
Trump blog page shuts down for good
Former President Donald Trump’s blog — a webpage where he shared statements after larger social media companies banned him from their platforms — has been permanently shut down, his spokesman said Wednesday.
The page “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump” has been scrubbed from Trump’s website after going live less than a month earlier.
It “will not be returning,” his senior aide Jason Miller told CNBC.
“It was just auxiliary to the broader efforts we have and are working on,” Miller said via email.
From the Right
Trump Shuts Down His Personal Blog
Former president Donald Trump’s webpage, which has served as his primary means of communication with the public since he was banned by the major social media companies, has been deleted, his spokesman confirmed Wednesday.
The blog, titled “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump,” has been permanently shut down and “will not be returning,” senior aide Jason Miller told CNBC.
“It was just auxiliary to the broader efforts we have and are working on,” Miller commented in email correspondence. He suggested that the discontinuation of the page is involved with grander plans...
From the Left
Trump ends blog after 29 days, infuriated by measly readership
Former president Donald Trump’s blog, celebrated by advisers as a “beacon of freedom” that would keep him relevant in an online world he once dominated, is dead. It was 29 days old.
Upset by reports from The Washington Post and other outlets highlighting its measly readership and concerns that it could detract from a social media platform he wants to launch later this year, Trump ordered his team Tuesday to put the blog out of its misery, advisers said.
On its last day, the site received just 1,500 shares or...
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