Former President Donald Trump’s blog, which he launched after being banned from social media platforms for inciting the Jan 6 insurrection, has been permanently shut down, his spokesman said Wednesday.
The page “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump” “will not be returning,” his senior aide Jason Miller told CNBC via email.
Asked online later Wednesday whether the move was a “precursor” to the former president joining “another social media platform,” Miller replied: “Yes, actually, it is. Stay tuned!”
Facebook and Twitter banned Trump from posting on their platforms after the Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol by the then-president’s supporters. Trump, who never conceded to President Joe Biden, repeatedly and falsely claimed on social media after the Nov. 3 election that the race had been stolen from him by widespread fraud.
The blog, unveiled last month and originally billed as a new “communications platform,” was the subject of constant mockery and had few readers.
Twitter users gleefully responded to the news:
Yes, actually, it is. Stay tuned! https://t.co/USKGvVXe2f
— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) June 2, 2021
No thanks pic.twitter.com/l1jOuvXXp8
— Jeorde Calvo (@JeordeC) June 2, 2021
Did it get too embarrassing that no one cared?
— Aksinia (@Aksinia2021) June 2, 2021
Because that last thing was an utter and absolute failure from beginning to end, just like his presidency.
— Mark Gunnion (@Gunnion) June 2, 2021
Another one bites the dust pic.twitter.com/xaLmTVxMjL
— Lady Liberty #Vaccinated 😷🗽 (@Dorathy_K) June 2, 2021
LOL. A sign of Trumps's 12th bankruptcy looming ahead
— 🇺🇸Mijo🇲🇽 (@comolaflorguey) June 2, 2021
Could this also be a precursor to paying your child support?
— Kathleen O'Connell (@fkbhpb0710) June 2, 2021
Or it could have something to do with the fact that nobody was reading his blog. This long, slow descent into irrelevance must be killing him.
— True Patriot (@mtnsofmoon) June 2, 2021
Trump Steaks lasted longer than that failed blog
— Adrian Oaks🦞 (@FriendOfTheYeti) June 2, 2021
I bet if Trump came out with a toilet paper brand with his face all over the paper, it'd be a total hit.
— 🇺🇸Mijo🇲🇽 (@comolaflorguey) June 2, 2021
Florida man who couldn’t even get his Twitter or Facebook reinstated thinks he’ll be back in the White House
— Comrade zero fux to give 💎 👐 (@obrien_bryn) June 2, 2021
No, you guys don't understand!! Generating hardly and web traffic and being roundly mocked before permanently shutting down was only the first phase of the project!! Everything is going EXACTLY according to plan pic.twitter.com/OSiKHKGbR4
— banana disliker (@banana_disliker) June 2, 2021
