Based on findings by Facebook’s Oversight Board, Facebook said it will suspend former U.S. president Donald Trump’s accounts — including Instagram — for two years. The finding is that he stoked violence ahead of the deadly Jan. 6th insurrection. On Facebook, Trump’s suspension has meant that his account is essentially in “Facebook jail,” which is a term that users use to describe when the social network bans people from posting or accessing their accounts. Others can still read and comment on Trump’s past posts, but he and other account handlers are unable to post new material. In a press release, Trump called Facebook’s decision “an insult.” “They shouldn’t be allowed to get away with this censoring and silencing, and ultimately, we will win. Our Country can’t take this abuse anymore!” The two-year ban brings Trump back just in time for the 2024 U.S. presidential election, although too late to be of any real import. In its decision last month, the board agreed with Facebook that two of Trump’s Jan. 6th posts “severely violated” the content standards of both Facebook and Instagram.
Trump in turn gave his first public address since leaving office at the North Carolina Republican Party convention on June 5th. Of course, he came out blasting the current Biden administration for everything from immigration policies to foreign policy. Attacks so soon after a change in administration are somewhat uncommon and unusual among former presidents. However, Trump is anything but normal. Trump reserved his early remarks on President Joe Biden, which he called “the most radical left-wing administration in history”. The fact is that his administration provided little assistance to the incoming Biden administration during the transition period, thus hindering a smooth transition. Trump further believes that the Republicans will take back the Senate, the House, and the White House sooner than most people think. The former president waited more than an hour to once again advance falsehoods about the 2020 election, which he described as “the crime of the century”. Of interest, both CNN and Fox News declined to carry the speech on their channels.
The former president has also claimed that vaccines would not yet have arrived in US without him, ignoring the fact that over 400,000 Americans had died from COVID-19 during his administration, and claiming initially that the pandemic was a “hoax”. On top of which, he unrealistically called on China to pay $10 trillion in reparations to the United States and the world for China’s handling of the virus. Good luck on that one!
Trump has pushed Republicans to support candidates who are loyal to him in next year’s midterm elections. In next year’s fight for control of Congress, he further vowed to be an active presence on the campaign trail for those remaining Republicans who share his values. In any potential run for the White House in 2024, he may yet have to go up against former vice-president Mike Pence who has publicly asserted that he does not see eye to eye with Donald Trump on the horrific events of January 6th on the Hill. Don’t forget that Pence and his family had to flee for their lives from the pro-Trump mob.
While Trump remains a dominant force within his party, he however remains deeply unpopular among key segments of the broader electorate and elements of the Republican Party. Remember that he lost the last election by 7 million votes, primarily as a result of alienating Republican-leaning suburban voters across the country. Trump supporters still haven’t yet come to grips with this fact.
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