Trump announces plans for new social network ‘TRUTH Social’
21 October 2021 |
9:52 am
Images of 'TRUTH Social', a social network the former US president Donald Trump says he plans to launch. It's the latest push to reclaim his online influence after he was banned from Twitter and Facebook in the wake of the violent Capitol insurrection.
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