Trump Blog Shuts Down

[Occams Barber]

The Guardian 3 June
Trump closes his ‘beacon of freedom’ website a month after launching it

Donald Trump has discontinued the blog-type website he launched in a fanfare less than a month ago as “a beacon of freedom” and “a place to speak freely and safely”.

Jason Miller, a senior aide to the former US president, confirmed the closing of the “From the Desk of Donald J Trump” online communication tool in a statement to CNBC on Wednesday, just weeks after billing the venture as “a great resource” for his boss’s musings.

Miller offered no explanation for the closure, and it remains unclear if it was a voluntary move or was imposed by a third party of some kind, like Trump’s removal from social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook for inciting the deadly 6 January Capitol insurrection.

But in a tweeted reply to a Republican activist questioning if the move was “a precursor to him joining another social media platform”, Miller said: “Yes, actually, it is. Watch this space.”

In the statement to CNBC, Miller attempted to paint the short-lived project as “auxiliary to the broader efforts we have and are working on”.

The Trump blog, a mouthpiece for his false claims about a rigged 2020 presidential election, failed to gain traction and on 21 May the Washington Post reported it had attracted a “staggeringly small audience”...

...Visitors to the donaldjtrump.com website on Wednesday found only an archive of Trump’s media statements dating back to January and a link to an online shop for Trump merchandise.

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[Oneiric1975]

Maybe it was too hard a job to keep it going.

Hard work, blogging.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

Well, he was an attention seeker, so when no one showed up, and no one cared - I guess quitting is the only option.

I mean, this move generated more attention than the Blog ever could have.

 

[Occams Barber]

Well, he was an attention seeker, so when no one showed up, and no one cared - I guess quitting is the only option.

I mean, this move generated more attention than the Blog ever could have.

Not-blogging seems to have attracted more attention than blogging.

Following this logic, to attract maximum attention, Trump should continue to not-blog as much as possible.

OB

 

[Gregory Thompson]

Not-blogging seems to have attracted more attention than blogging.

Following this logic, to attract maximum attention, Trump should continue to not-blog as much as possible.

OB

Following the pattern of discordia, he's run out of moves without other people to trash talk him. Ignoring is the best strategy.

 

[Fantine]

Perhaps with all the criminal investigations coming to a head his lawyers told him a blog would be inadvisable.

When a suspect has no filters a blog could be a dangerous weapon for the prosecution.

 

[DaisyDay]

Perhaps with all the criminal investigations coming to a head his lawyers told him a blog would be inadvisable.

When a suspect has no filters a blog could be a dangerous weapon for the prosecution.

Sure, but when has Trump been known to heed his lawyers?

 

[GreatLakes4Ever]

Perhaps with all the criminal investigations coming to a head his lawyers told him a blog would be inadvisable.

When a suspect has no filters a blog could be a dangerous weapon for the prosecution.

More than prison itself, this might be the most problematic thing for Trump and a possible 2024 run. These legal issues hanging over his head, his tendency to speak off the cuff at his rallies is a accidental self-incrimination waiting to happen.

 

[Desk trauma]

Well, he was an attention seeker, so when no one showed up, and no one cared - I guess quitting is the only option.

I mean, this move generated more attention than the Blog ever could have.

Imagine how much attention he would get if he goes full recluse. Oh one can dream...

 

[Gregory Thompson]

Imagine how much attention he would get if he goes full recluse. Oh one can dream...

2% probability with chaos theory and the remnant of cultists.

 

[TLK Valentine]

The Guardian 3 June
Trump closes his ‘beacon of freedom’ website a month after launching it

Another Trump enterprise bites the dust. #beaconoffail

 

[LockeeDeck]

Sure, but when has Trump been known to heed his lawyers?

Or even pay his lawyers

 

[Guinan]

Or even pay his lawyers

Or "cover up his dirty deeds," pay off his mistresses, and take the fall (Michael Cohen).

 

[Kentonio]

More than prison itself, this might be the most problematic thing for Trump and a possible 2024 run. These legal issues hanging over his head, his tendency to speak off the cuff at his rallies is a accidental self-incrimination waiting to happen.

He'll just say he was lying, he's done it before without his supporters seeming to care.

 

[Kentonio]

Trump sets up enterprise that requires his supporters to read. Ok, I'm starting to see what the problem was here..

 

[DaisyDay]

Or "cover up his dirty deeds," pay off his mistresses, and take the fall (Michael Cohen).

Actually, Donald is well known to do those things.

Or even pay his lawyers

That is part of his problem now - good, professional lawyers aren't going to want to work with him again so he is left with the publicity hounds.