Donald Trump is reportedly furious and repeatedly lashing out at his aides over the disastrous rollout of his Truth Social media App.
The much-hyped “free speech” platform has been dogged by glitches and lower sign-ups than had been anticipated, and the former president is expressing his frustration by raging and spewing obscenities at those around him, according to The Daily Beast.
Calling Trump’s foray into social media has become an “embarrassing dud,” The Beast reported that in recent weeks, sources have heard the former president on the phone swearing gratuitously and asking things like, ‘What the f*ck is going on’ with Truth Social and “repeatedly complaining about the negative press and the less-than-stellar optics of the rollout.”
Sources told The Beast that Trump has demanded to know why more people aren’t using the app and why it isn’t “swiftly dominating the competition.”
The Beast noted that part of the problem is a waitlist for sign-ups and the fact that when users are able to log on, they aren’t sticking around for very long.
“The odd sluggishness of the waitlist could also explain why, at this early stage of Trump’s website, the MAGA fans who have visited Truth Social also don’t tend to stay very long, according to SimilarWeb’s analytical tools,” The Daily Beast reports. “The company estimates that the average visitor to Trump’s site stays for just 90 seconds—a far cry from the seven minutes users tend to spend on Gettr and nine minutes spent on Gab.”
Another factor noted by Axios is that “Trump hasn’t posted a single time since the launch, despite an international crisis that has captivated the country. Instead, he’s given his comments to radio and TV hosts” and having his statements shared on Twitter by his spokesperson Liz Harrington.
