Truth Social's ugly truth

Fresno CA

Description

Truth Social, the app launched by Donald Trump as a free speech platform for conservatives, is facing serious financial and legal stress at it tries to survive. Why it matters: The app is the former president's biggest business venture since leaving office — and his best effort to create an alternative populist megaphone to amplify his political brand after being banned from Twitter. - But for now at least, it's following a chaotic trajectory like so many of Trump's other businesses. Driving the news: Truth Social owes one of its vendors, an internet infrastructure company for conservatives called RightForge, around $1.6 million in backdated payments, sources familiar with the disagreement told Axios. - The situation, first reported by Fox Business, puts Truth Social at risk of losing the cloud hosting support that it needs to operate. - Truth Social soft launched in February and rolled out widely to all U.S. iOS users in May. Cloud support, sources told Axios, may have contributed to Truth Social's full rollout delay. (lol, another Trump business about to hit the trash heap.)