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Donald Trump may or may not be joining “Gettr,” a newly launched social app from the ex-president’s ex-spokesman. The twice-impeached Trump has been kicked off — or frozen out of — mainstream social media services over his role in the Jan. 6 assault on Capitol Hill.
But after news broke Thursday about the app’s ties to the former U.S. president, it was quickly populated with fake accounts from people trying to make it look like Trump had joined the app.
Gettr was founded by Jason Miller, who last month relinquished his role as senior adviser to Trump to be CEO of the new company, according to Politico, which first reported the news. Miller confirmed his involvement with Gettr on Twitter, tweeting that the app’s “Official kickoff is 10am Sunday – Independence Day!!!”
Miller said in an interview with Fox News that the username @realDonaldTrump (an account the site says does not currently exist) “is waiting for him and ready to go… I hope he joins, but President Trump has a number of different options he’s considering.” Miller also said Gettr will verify high-profile users and he claimed that Trump is not funding the company.
Trump is not joining Gettr and “still has plans for a separate platform. Unclear what exactly,” Jennifer Jacobs, senior White House reporter for Bloomberg News, tweeted Thursday.