# New Trump social media company -- the biggest grift yet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 5, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542 "2021-12-05T12:54:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/41 "2022-02-24T13:53:34Z")
Or more accurately, “truthiness is in the _gut_ of the beholder.” ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/42 "2022-02-24T14:27:50Z")
Begutler? ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/43 "2022-02-24T17:49:50Z")
As I’ve said before the last time a Trump social media company was announced: These people do not understand social media at all. They think everyone is on to talk politics. That’s far from true. Take Twitter, for example. Talk about pop culture (music, tv, movies, etc.) is 10 times bigger than talk about politics, and talk about sports is about 100 times bigger. In order to be successful, a social media company has to attract people who want to talk about anything. Who would go on Trump’s new site to talk about music, or football? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/44 "2022-02-24T18:13:54Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > Who would go on Trump’s new site to talk about music, or football? Hmmm… a fair question. Do Trumpoids participate in culture (other than whatever grows on or in them due to their medical ignorance and dubious hygiene)? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/45 "2022-02-24T18:22:21Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Do Trumpoids participate in culture Sure! There’s Nascar, pro wrestling and the Packers… _TOPIC: “Was the real Aaron Rodgers kidnapped by AOC and replaced with a prima donna vegan man-bun-wearing WUSS?”_ ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/46 "2022-02-24T19:28:45Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > Who would go on Trump’s new site to talk about music, or football? People who would complain about football players “taking a knee”, and/or people who would complain about musical artists “taking a knee”. In other words, people who make _everything_ political. People who will turn off the vast majority of users. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/47 "2022-02-24T20:10:37Z")
Personally, I find the Windows shut down music soothing as I fall asleep at the end of a long day living in fear. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/48 "2022-02-24T20:51:04Z")
Is that the sound of glass breaking and your laptop hitting the sidewalk outside? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/49 "2022-02-25T01:56:54Z")
I’m wondering what the trumper to troll ratio will be. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/50 "2022-02-25T03:23:52Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > As I’ve said before the last time a Trump social media company was announced: These people do not understand social media at all. They think everyone is on to talk politics. That’s far from true. But on a site like that, everyone there _will_ be there to talk politics. As several op-edders have already commented, it will be a niche site with a niche audience, and never much more than that. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/51 "2022-02-25T04:48:33Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > But on a site like that, everyone there _will_ be there to talk politics. And just like his rallies, Trump will assume that 10,000 loudmouths showing up means he’s winning a majority of the voters. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/52 "2022-02-25T13:22:27Z")
He does it all for the niches. (Sorry.) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/53 "2022-03-01T03:33:59Z")
That would be the only reason to visit the site in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/54 "2022-03-01T18:57:23Z")
Agree. I am toying with the idea of joining the site just to see and be entertained by the stream of nonsense, as well as enjoy the trolling. I wonder if anyone has yet joined with the handle “BrandonWon!”, or some variation of that. Ehh, they’d probably get banned before making a single post. ---
**Author:** ![Tilt-A-Whirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Tilt-A-Whirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tilt-A-Whirl)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/55 "2022-03-04T06:56:27Z")
Wow, Trump looks bad even for Trump on that coin. With no disrespect to The Great One, he looks like a late stage Jackie Gleason. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/56 "2022-03-04T13:07:52Z")
Oh my goodness, the reviews for the flag humping Trump figurine (made of plastic and vinyl) are vomit inducing. They all just love the fact that it “speaks in Trumps voice and sez 17 different things.” I couldn’t find a price for this and regret that Amazon will now think I love Trump just because I spent too long looking. But I did note that the figurine is suitable for one month olds and shipping may be delayed, probably until the war is over, if I had to guess. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/57 "2022-03-04T13:44:21Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > the flag humping Trump figurine Does it come with a more accurate Russian-flag option? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/58 "2022-03-04T13:51:00Z")
That one involves positions that do not seem anatomically possible, and are certainly _not_ family friendly. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/59 "2022-03-04T13:56:55Z")
Well, seriously I could imagine a pacifier. Unfortunately, I can imagine it. Thanks Stormy. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542/60 "2022-03-14T20:15:28Z")
If you invested in Trump’s new social media venture, there’s still time to get your money out and invest it in rubles… > **[No One Is Using Truth Social, So Digital World Acquisition Is Plummeting](https://investorplace.com/2022/03/no-one-is-using-truth-social-so-digital-world-acquisition-is-plummeting/)** > > After nearly doubling, DWAC stock, which plans to merge with Trump Media and Technology Group, has reversed course and is now falling sharply. > Is the bubble finally bursting in **Digital World Acquisition Corp.** (NASDAQ:[**DWAC**](https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/dwac-stock-quote/)) stock? Its recent price drop seems to suggest that the answer is yes… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542.md?page=4)