Trump announces launch of media company, social media site

Nine months after being expelled from social media for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, former US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’s launching a new media company with its own social media platform.

Trump says his goal in launching the Trump Media & Technology Group and its “TRUTH Social” app is to create a rival to the Big Tech companies that have shut him out and denied him the megaphone that was paramount to his national rise.