Truth Social, Donald Trump’s social media venture launched in 2022, faced a significant outage during the midst of the former president’s intense live-tweeting session critiquing President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday. The outage, occurring at a crucial juncture, interrupted Trump’s flurry of posts on the platform, coined as “Truth-ing,” regarding various aspects of Biden’s speech, including contentious issues like the January 6th insurrection and legal matters concerning IVF in Alabama.
Before the outage, Trump’s tweets reflected his agitation, with statements like “THE DRUGS ARE WEARING OFF!” lacking clear context, leaving ambiguity about whether he referred to Biden or himself.. As users began reporting access issues, Trump’s live commentary continued, showcasing his discontent with Biden’s remarks.
Trump’s subsequent tweets during Biden’s speech were equally charged, containing inaccuracies such as claiming that insurrectionists were unarmed during the Capitol riot and criticizing Biden’s demeanor. This real-time critique further escalated tensions amidst ongoing political divides.
Interestingly, while Truth Social’s official status page showed no signs of trouble, Down Detector, a platform monitoring website outages, received numerous reports indicating the site’s downtime. The outage came to an end as Biden concluded his address, prompting Trump to resume his commentary on the platform.
Post-outage, Trump’s tweets continued in the same vein, questioning the tone of Biden’s speech and raising concerns about Biden’s health, adding fuel to the fiery discourse surrounding the State of the Union address.
Some highlights from Trump’s furious live-tweeting before people started reporting they could no longer access the site:
THE DRUGS ARE WEARING OFF!
All Reduction Pricing was done by us, and kicked in after we left!
He is so angry and crazy!
The so-called “Insurrectionists” that he talks about had no guns, they only had a Rigged Election. The only gun was that used on Ashli Babbitt, who sadly, is no longer with us!
He did nothing for all the Veterans Administration, or the Veterans—it was all TRUMP!
He then accused Biden of “looking angry when he’s talking, which is a trait of people who know they are losing it.”
Just to set the record straight, most of what Trump said isn’t accurate, especially when it comes to the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, trying to disrupt the vote count. Let’s be clear: some of them were armed and even fired guns right outside the Capitol.
