Donald Trump has tried to insist that he nonetheless prefers his personal social media platform after posting on Twitter, now referred to as X, for the primary time since January 2021.
“I LOVE TRUTH SOCIAL. IT IS MY HOME!!!” Mr Trump wrote on Fact Social on Thursday night time.
The previous president’s transient all-caps publish got here after he made a sudden return to X, now owned by Elon Musk, to share his mug shot from his give up at Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, on fees associated to his efforts to subvert the 2020 election leads to the state.
In his first in tweet two and a half years, Mr Trump included a picture of his reserving picture as he repeated his claims of “election interference” and urged his supporters to “by no means give up!”
Mr Trump included a hyperlink to his 2024 re-election website, the place a message stated: “At the moment, on the notoriously violent jail in Fulton County, Georgia, I used to be ARRESTED regardless of having dedicated NO CRIME.”
“The American folks know what’s occurring,” he added. “What has taken place is a travesty of justice and ELECTION INTERFERENCE.
“The Left desires to intimidate YOU out of voting for a political outsider who places the American folks FIRST,” Mr Trump stated, as he continued to use his arrest to ask for cash from his supporters.
“However in the present day, I walked into the lion’s den with one easy message on behalf of our complete motion: I WILL NEVER SURRENDER OUR MISSION TO SAVE AMERICA,” he added.
“If you’re doing poorly due to the sinister folks in command of our nation proper now, don’t even take into consideration donating! However in case you can, please make a contribution to evict Crooked Joe Biden from the White Home and SAVE AMERICA throughout this darkish chapter in our nation’s historical past.”
Mr Trump’s PAC Save America has spent about $40m on authorized prices to defend Mr Trump and his associates amid their mounting authorized woes, The Washington Post reported last month.
The PAC disclosed about $20m of authorized spending within the first six months of this 12 months in an FEC report. The $40m determine covers an extended time span going again to 2021 when Mr Trump left the White Home following the Capitol Riot and his makes an attempt to stop President Joe Biden from taking workplace.
Mr Musk reacted to Mr Trump’s return to X, merely writing “next-level”.
A number of different social media customers additionally commented on his return, with William LeGate writing that “Trump simply broke his contract with Fact Social buyers… he’s not allowed to publish on Twitter/X”.
Rightwing commentator Candace Owens asked: “Can all people admit that Donald Trump and Twitter simply go collectively?”
Rick Wilson, a former Republican strategist, chimed in: “Welcome again, b****.”
