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Ex-President Donald Trump, banned from major online platforms, now wants to communicate with his supporters via his own website. The blog area started on Tuesday is reminiscent of Twitter - but there are only contributions from Trump. At the same time, Trump's supporters could, so to speak, carry statements by the former US president through a back door to Twitter and Facebook. Because you can share every short article with a few clicks as a quote and link on the online platforms. It was initially unclear whether the services would allow this.
Trump was locked out of Twitter, Facebook and Google's video platform Youtube after his supporters had stormed the Capitol in Washington. On Wednesday (around 3 p.m. CEST), Facebook's independent oversight board wants to announce whether the ex-president will remain excluded from the platform or may return. Twitter, on the other hand, has already emphasized that there is no way back for him. Youtube wants to unblock its profile when "the risk of violence has decreased".
After being banned from online services, Trump has been reliant on sending statements by email in recent months. Before that, the Twitter account was by far his most important communication channel with more than 80 million subscribers. It had been speculated several times that he could start his own online platform. In the blog area with the title “From Donald J. Trump's Desk”, his followers can “Like” individual posts with a “Like” heart, as they do on Twitter - and they can also be notified of new posts.