前总统唐纳德·特朗普被许多主要平台压制，他正在推出自己的社交媒体应用程序。
根据一份新闻稿，特朗普媒体和技术集团与已经在纳斯达克上市的数字世界收购集团(Digital World Acquisition Group)已达成合并，成立一家新公司，由前总统担任董事长。
特朗普表示，该组织将形成“自由媒体财团的对手”。
它的第一步将是推出一个名为“真相社交”的新社交媒体平台。根据该版本，测试版将于11月份提供给受邀嘉宾。
特朗普在声明中说:“我们生活在一个塔利班在推特上拥有巨大影响力的世界，然而你最喜欢的美国总统却被压制了。
根据新闻稿，该公司是利用一家特殊目的收购公司特殊目的收购公司成立的，美国证券交易委员会网站称，该公司是“各种交易的流行工具，包括将一家公司从私人公司转变为上市公司。”美国证券交易委员会表示，这些公司通常被称为“空白支票公司”
根据新闻稿，帕特里克·奥兰多是数字世界收购集团的董事长兼首席执行官，该集团正在与前总统的新媒体公司合并，他也是云鸿国际公司的首席执行官，该公司本身是一家在开曼群岛注册的国际空白支票公司，总部位于中国武汉彭博。
目前还不清楚特殊目的收购公司背后还有谁在推出特朗普的新平台。
这位前总统和他的顾问在他离任后曾暗示，他正在考虑创建一个与脸书和推特竞争的平台，仅次于社交媒体巨头暂停他的账户遵循1月6日袭击在国会大厦。
特朗普在整个总统任期内都使用推特攻击他的敌人，并经常发布自己的新闻，他几乎像以前一样频繁地通过电子邮件发布声明。
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特朗普宣布这一消息的几个月前，他的长期助手杰森·米勒在7月份创办了自己的社交媒体公司GETTR。这位前总统迅速回击了米勒平台上线后不久他将加入该平台的传言，他在一份声明中写道，“我没有以任何方式、形状或形式出现在任何社交媒体平台上，包括Parler、GETTR、Gab等。当我决定选择一个平台，或者建造或完成我自己的平台时，它会被宣布。谢谢你!”
Donald Trump launching new social media platform, TRUTH Social
Silenced by many major platforms, former President Donald Trump is launching his own social media app.
Trump Media and Technology Group and Digital World Acquisition Group, which is already listed on the Nasdaq, have entered into a merger to form a new company, chaired by the former president, according to a press release.
Trump says the group will form "a rival to the liberal media consortium."
Its first step will be launching a new social media platform called TRUTH Social. A beta version will be available to invited guests in November, according to the release.
"We live in a world where the Taliban has a huge presence on Twitter, yet your favorite American President has been silenced," Trump said in the statement.
According to the release, the company was formed using a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, which the Securities and Exchange Commission's website says is a "popular vehicle for various transactions, including transitioning a company from a private company to a publicly traded company." The SEC says these companies are often referred to as "blank check companies."
Patrick F. Orlando, who according to the release is the chairman and CEO of the Digital World Acquisition Group that is merging with the former president's new media company, is also CEO of Yunhong International, which itself is an international blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with headquarters in Wuhan, China, according toBloomberg.
It's currently unclear who else is behind the SPAC that is launching Trump's new platform.
The former president and his advisers have hinted since he left office that he was considering creating a rival platform to Facebook and Twitter, after the social media giantssuspended his accountsfollowing theJan. 6 attackon the Capitol.
Trump, who throughout his presidency used Twitter to attack his enemies and often break his own news, has been emailing out statements almost has frequently as he previously tweeted.
Trump's announcement comes only months after his longtime aide Jason Miller launched his own social media company called GETTR in July. The former president quickly pushed back on rumors that he would be joining Miller's platform shortly after it launched, writing in a statement, "I am not on any social media platform in any way, shape, or form, including Parler, GETTR, Gab, etc. When I decide to choose a platform, or build or complete my own, it will be announced. Thank you!"
