Trump reps reportedly told Parler he'd become an active member of the right-wing platform if it banned his critics, but it refused
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
Former President Donald Trump was prepared to become an active user of social-media site Parler if it banned his critics - but it resisted doing so, according to an excerpt from an upcoming Michael Wolff book.
In an excerpt from "Donald Trump's January 6: The view from inside the Oval Office," published in New York Magazine on Monday, Wolff wrote that Trump's representatives approached Parler when Trump was in office, proposing that he join the platform once he left the White House.
Parler is a right-wing website that was popular with pro-Trump extremists around the time of the Capitol riots on January 6.
"They had floated a proposition that Trump, after he left office, become an active member of Parler, moving much of his social-media activity there from Twitter," Wolff wrote.
Under their proposal, Trump would receive 40% of Parler's gross revenues, and Parler "would ban anyone who spoke negatively about him," Wolff wrote.
"Parler was balking only at this last condition," he wrote.
The 40% figure has been previously reported.
Trump never became an active member of Parler. Twitter and Facebook blocked Trump after the deadly insurrection at the Capitol, citing "the risk of further incitement of violence."
Insider has reached out to Parler for comment.
Trump considered joining Parler under the pseudonym "Person X," its former CEO, John Matze, said in a court filing in January. Matze, ousted as CEO earlier this year, said that Amazon Web Services (AWS) knew about these plans while it hosted Parler. It terminated its contract with Parler - essentially knocking the site offline - to prevent Trump from having any social media presence, Matze claimed.
At the time, Amazon said that "suspending Parler had nothing to do with politics." It suspended the site because Parler was "unable to effectively identify and remove content that encourages or incites violence," it said.
Parler came back online in February with a new web host and new CEO.
Parler became a platform for pro-Trump extremists to gather before and during the January 6 riots, in part because of its lack of content moderation. Following the riots, Apple and Google removed Parler from their app stores.
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What kind of boring loser seeks out an echo chamber to grift from?
I think a new phrase should be coined for "boring loser seeks out an echo chamber to grift from".
It should be called "pulling a Trump".
I've got a great one - every time someone has to have a bowel movement - 'going to take a trump'
my exact thought.
I thought that was already a thing....LOL
Yeah, I've been saying that for a while now. I should trademark it.
Lots of them look just like him!
I would. Put it on buttons or hats.
Trump attempting to cash in on his presidency (no surprise) while yet again revealing his lack of character. No matter what this guy does, his sycophants continue to follow. It is cultish.
... a racist cult.
I like how one of president snowflakes conditions was that they made it a safe space for him.
Strongmen are quite fragile in reality.
They are cowards, there is a reason they ALWAYS single out small minority groups, because they cannot fight back.
hmmmm....how much crap did liberals get for "safe spaces" and "echo chambers"?
makes me question the "free speech" platform he's promising to launch, "very soon"...
LOL!
Everyone will have to sign a loyalty oath before they can become a member
Probably as fast as he was with replacing ACA with something bigger & better.
Another fine example of ''Snowflake Trump''.
I promise to watch the video of him getting power washed off the concrete every day.
Probably as fast as he was with replacing ACA with something bigger & better
… and at “a tiny fraction of the cost”, and … wait a second … “who knew that healthcare was so complicated?”
Wouldn't you just love to say to him "Anyone that has EVER had to deal with the healthcare system knows how complicated it is".
More likely a royalties oath.
Trump probably thinks that twitter and facebook were nothing before or after him. He is mentally ill, and has been for many many years. What does that say about the country as a whole which has empowered him every step of the way, and will continue to do so.
The right likes to constantly talk about the Founding Fathers. The FF would have been horrified and angry at the success of a Donald Trump.
One of the reasons they put the EC in place was specifically to prevent a cocksucker like him from every becoming the president. They didn’t trust the average voter to NOT vote for a dumbass demagogue like Trump.
Of course things have changed to the point where the EC is no longer able to serve that function and now just serves to inflate the voting power of states where hardly anyone lives.
One of the reasons they put the EC in place was specifically to prevent a cocksucker like him from every becoming the president. They didn’t trust the average voter to NOT vote for a dumbass demagogue like Trump.
Of course things have changed to the point where the EC is no longer able to serve that function and now just serves to inflate the voting power of states where hardly anyone lives.
C'mon, people! Don't you understand?
Trump was just doing an imitation of a Mafia Boss: "Look, Parler... if ya don' gimme the dough, somethin' bad's gonna happen..."
Trump is a great imitator. The greatest ever....
He's gonna make 'em an offer they can't refuse...
...too funny. I'm reading The Godfather right now
The personage fits pretty well, doesn't it?
The Don (both meanings,
) even guns down any flunkies who disappoint him!
love that cartoon...especially his tie
I went Bugs Bunny: "I'm givin ya two minutes to give me the dough, see"
at 4:43
The Don needs a taste. That’s why Trumpcare never got off the ground - he couldn’t figure out how to grift his 40% … or who’s being fitted for a pair of concrete sneakas for not getting it done.