Truth Social Is Still Just Trump’s Blog
Truth Social remains an outlet primarily for Trump's own posts, while other administration officials continue using X. The platform functions as a blog-like channel for Trump's messages rather than a genuine social network competitor.
Background
- **Truth Social** is the social media platform launched by Trump Media & Technology Group in 2022, created after Trump was banned from Twitter/X following the January 6 Capitol attack. It was positioned as a free-speech alternative to mainstream platforms.
- **Howard Lutnick** is a billionaire Wall Street financier (CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald) who served as U.S. Commerce Secretary under Trump. He is an unusually public loyalist, yet even he posts policy announcements on X (formerly Twitter) — not on Truth Social.
- **Anthropic** is a major AI company (maker of the Claude chatbot). The post references a scenario where the Trump administration briefly blocked then allowed Anthropic to release a new model — an example of political intervention in AI regulation.
- The core argument: Trump's aides and allies all still use X, not Truth Social, showing it was never a serious "competitor" to other platforms. It functions essentially as a broadcast channel — a blog optimized for getting Trump's statements picked up by TV news — not a genuine social network.