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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maroosha Muzaffar

Trump almost bailed on Truth Social after ‘meltdown’ and now regrets being convinced to stay – report

AP

Former president Donald Trump almost defected from Truth Social to join a rival platform called Gettr launched by former aide Jason Miller, a Washington Post report has revealed.

The report detailed the meeting Mr Trump had with the co-founders of his post-presidential startup Trump Media & Technology Group — Andy Litinsky and Wes Moss — while also pondering a competing offer from Mr Miller who met the former president on 11 June last year, a day that came to be called the “meltdown” day by the founders of Truth Social.

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