Trump TV Prospects Dented by Twitter Ban, Capitol Backlash
On 1/13/21 at 9:04 AM EST
Newsweek.
Trump has been locked out of major social media platforms in recent days, following last week s violence in Washington, D.C. and his supporters storming of the Capitol, reducing his messaging capability and avenues for self-promotion.
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Throughout his tenure, Twitter had been Trump s medium of choice for communicating to his base whether directly or by leveraging coverage with his statements.
In any future endeavor post-White House, his social media platforms might have been utilized in a similar way. Trump was hoping to remain a central energizing force behind his supporters and then convince them to pay to watch his Trump-branded media empire, Dr. David Andersen, assistant professor in U.S. politics at the U.K. s Durham University, told