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The ex-president’s blog has drawn a considerably smaller audience than his once-powerful social media accounts, according to engagement data compiled with BuzzSumo, a social media analytics company. The data offers a hint that while Trump remains a political force, his online footprint is still dependent on returning to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

The Desk of Donald J. Trump is limited — users can’t comment or engage with the actual posts beyond sharing them to other platforms, an action few people do, according to the data.

Trump’s new blog has attracted a little over 212,000 engagements, defined as backlinks and social interactions — including likes, shares and comments — received across Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Reddit. Before the ban, a single Trump tweet was typically liked and retweeted hundreds of thousands of times.



Trump's bans cost him the ability to communicate with millions of people: 88 million followers on Twitter, 32 million on Facebook, and 24 million on Instagram. Trump had just around 3 million YouTube subscribers, but his videos regularly racked up millions of views.

Volkonski wrote: ↑ Trump's blog isn't lighting up the internet
Social media data collected by NBC News found little engagement with the posts, which hints at the effectiveness of deplatforming.

Had Mike Pence had the courage to send the Electoral College vote back to the states for recertification, and had Mitch McConnell fought for us instead of being the weak and pathetic leader he is, we would right now have a Republican President who would be VETOING the horrific Socialistic Bills that are rapidly going through Congress, including Open Borders, High Taxes, Massive Regulations, and so much else!

Volkonski wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 12:28 am Trump is going to waste the rest of his life obsessing about this.

neonzx wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 3:24 am He is behaving like a toddler having a tantrum.

neonzx wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 3:24 am He is behaving like a toddler having a tantrum.

neonzx wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 3:24 am He is behaving like a toddler having a tantrum.

roadscholar wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 10:17 pm IIRC, there’s at least a half dozen of them. El Paso may be one.

According to the Center for Public Integrity (CPI), interviews with municipal officials and municipal records and statements show that Trump's campaign has not paid at least 14 bills totaling more than $1.82 million. The unpaid money was used to cover public safety and police costs related to the president's campaign rallies.

The 14 cities are Spokane, Washington; Billings, Montana; Mesa and Tucson, Arizona; Albuquerque, New Mexico; El Paso, Texas; Minneapolis and Eau Claire, Minnesota; Green Bay, Wisconsin; Battle Creek, Michigan; Lebanon, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania; Burlington, Vermont; and Wildwood, New Jersey.

The Trump campaign's largest unpaid bills were from El Paso and Minneapolis, with $569,204 and $542,733, respectively, according to CPI. Both of these cities are awaiting payment for campaign rallies in 2019.

Suranis wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 5:04 pm No. He is addicted to attention and craves it. This is just the random thing he has said that actually stuck to the wall and got him some. He's and addict rattling chains to get his fix. He does not care whether it makes him look stupid, the fix is all.

Having someone write and post that is perfectly natural for him when you realize he is a junkie. Every TV screen where he is not featured is a stab into his heart. He will be throwing shit at the wall, hoping it gets attention, for the rest of his life.

Conversely he isn't trying to have rallies out of sheer terror that no-one will turn up. Plus he does hot have the clout to demand cities accept his IOU anymore.

Suranis wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 5:04 pm Plus he does hot have the clout to demand cities accept his IOU anymore.