Trump posted this on Gab today. Any comments on why he would do that?
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I dont think trump is on gab
yup. I think Gab reserved an account for him hoping he would use it but he never did.
Came here to say this.
I think the saucy on this isn't very saucy. Spicy, but not saucy.
Blue Check Mark on Gab. I am assuming it is real https://gab.com/realdonaldtrump/posts/111082132540772724
Glad you responded here, Cap. Prompted me to take a closer look. Here are my conclusions:
The profile says this:
The profile therefor indicates that it was not set up by Trump, and is not being operated by Trump. Moreover, 'reserved' implies to me that it was set up by Andrew Torba or his team, and this would explain the blue check mark.
Because the profile states it "shares email statements sent by The Office of Donald J. Trump", we could reasonably assume that it was created prior to the establishment of Truth Social, when DJT was only issuing missives from his office in a form we have now become quite familiar with.
The account does seem to duplicate TS posts, but if DJT is not even using twitter, then why would he be using GAB. I've seen no mention of him using GAB prior to this particular post at GAW....
With regards to the OP, what DJT did actually do is re-truth this particular post:
https://truthsocial.com/@MichaelCollins/posts/111076544383041206
based on the above, my own conclusion is that someone high up at GAB created and reserved the DJT account there in the hope that DJT would join GAB and use it, and since then has continued to post content that (they) think is significant or which replicates as much as possible, what DJT is doing elsewhere at TS or via his office.
I don't think its a parody and I don't think it is malevolent, but I also do not think that it is genuinely 'the real Donald Trump'.
If that is the case, then the fact that users believe that this is Trump (notice how the OP stated that "Trump posted this on Gab Today" is a problem and an issue.
Not the fact that the content is replicated, but that now such statements would become inaccurate, and indeed false.
Reserving the account for DJT would be an innocent and perfectly acceptable move. Running the account in such manner as to give the impression that it is in fact DJT posting over at GAB is problematic.
The Operator (and I'll assume at this point it is Torba) would have a responsibility to make it perfectly clear to the whole audience that this is NOT DJT. My impressions of TORBA are that he has his own priorities, that he thinks those priorities supersede pretty much all other priorities, so it would not surprise me to learn that this is NOT DJT, and that the situation is as I have described above.
IMO, disinformation, malinformation and confusion IS a real problem and issue in the information war. It should be minimized as much as possible by responsible members of the truth community.
If you know of any references by DJT to actually running a dual social media acount (i.e. BOTH TS and GAB), that would settle the matter. But otherwise....
Blue Check Mark on Gab. I am assuming it is real https://gab.com/realdonaldtrump/posts/111082132540772724
The gab account is a cumulator for Trump posts elsewhere.
The republican party in Texas is controlled by the Bush's and their cronies. They both fear and hate Ken Paxton because he is MAGA.
Weird how Jews from Connecticut took over Texas politics.
The Bush's are yet another stain on the American people and the world. I hate that they pretend to be Texans. I was a supporter of the Bush boys when they were in office. Boy was I gullible.
every fkn time
All these cohencidences make me tired
yes they do! knowing that there is no coencidences helps me through
This anon nose what's up.
IC what U did there ;)
Maine
Not so weird when you look at population percentages and look at who occupies top posts throughout the world. A statistical miracle.
Because the acquital of Ken paxton is a big problem for the Bush family
Trump is not on GAB.
To remind people who was behind it all.
I know this photo is from 911 and Bush was in the school room with kids I believe in Florida and this is when Bush was told the first plane hit the building.
Can't sneak anything passed you...
My pet goat.
"The Pet Goat"
Yes ------ the News was corrected later.
Gab account is legitimate in an illegitimate sense.
It archives all of Trump's Tweets as well as Truth Social posts, but is not run by Trump.
I love Gab. If it's in the app store, it's not free speech.
https://gab.com/realdonaldtrump/posts/111082132540772724 I'm assuming the account is real of course. Who knows really right? I've been watching that site for a while now and it seems to be legit so far. Time will tell.
I do not see the gab post in the Trump Tracker App under notifications.
Something is going on. Panic, manipulation, seems to the flavor to me, but I don’t know as much as most of you guys.
Didn't he post his mugshot on Twitter recently?
Yes, that is the ONE X post he has made since Musk restored the account.
Yep. I sort of think Gab is a AI generated platform. The one of this post and all the replies brings back memories of Twitter 1.0, but then the democratic people thought it was real.
Additionally I have never used gab. Reading the posts on this fake thing that doesn’t even read like trump (or if you would—this doesn’t sound like trumps words) — appears to be old school Twitter bots and such. It is all garbage.
I look it at it as a positive that it is this easy to see it being fake as ____.
Not sure about the gab account but I do know that Trump did retruth this image yesterday. Took a screenshot - https://files.catbox.moe/81pm25.jpg
Seems it's been removed. https://truthsocial.com/@MichaelCollins/posts/111076544383041206
Just checked and it is still there if you go to Trumps "Truths & Replys" page and scroll down.
I think its a pertinent fact that DJT did NOT 'post this' on TS but retruthed it, and the GAB account simply 'posted it'.
Big difference. All the indicators together point strongly to the notion that the GAB account is certainly NOT DJT, but instead is an account run by GAB itself mirroring DJT's social media (TS) and media releases.
because they could not 'retruth' or quote the original - which is on TS - they took it and posted it in DJT's name. Which is a distortion of the truth, imo.
A closer look indicates that your assumption is very likely incorrect.
https://greatawakening.win/p/17r9WOgpxi/x/c/4Txj4r01dBM
If this is the case, then I think it's problematic that GAB could be running what is essentially a DJT mirror account but NOT making it explicitly clear (repeatedly) that the account is NOT DJT himself.
Problematic? Why? Because good pedes like yourself would come away with an inaccurate and wrong impression, and unwittingly spread what is essentially non-truth or disinformation (even if unintended). IMO.
I've followed this account for a long time...
Trump isnt on Gab. Never was .
That is a hilarious troll meme dissing the Bush dynasty that wants to exert control over Texas politics.
Ken Paxton was targeted by Bush and big pharma because he kept getting in the way of corrupt Austin prosecutors and he made known his intention to investigate big pharma malfeasance. Bush family and their direct involvement in the former corruption is not known, but they read the room and decided they could leverage the prosecutor's desire to get back at the boss and big pharma's desire for getting rid of a headache to bring G. Prescott Bush into the AG position so they could get back into corruption in Texas govt and likely launch the loser Prescott into a future national political career. Anyway, they made up a bunch of stories of Ken Paxton corruption and brought no proofs beyond their own speculations and generated a sham impeachment trial off of the whole thing. Ken brought a competent attorney to defend him and the prosecution gaffed and fumbled their whole case (to the point where they prematurely rested and tried to take it back and were told to pound sand).
It should become a noteworthy footnote in the history of Texas politics from here on out. Texas does have quite a few characters who arose in politics and were involved in activities or incidents that were pretty noteworthy and bad.
Bush family definitely got a black eye or two off of this because they were stupidly transparent in their actions and involvement leaving them no cover when it failed. Maybe we could Title this story "That time the Bush family got publicly ass whooped while trying to impeach Paxton".
George Bush cronies were behind the palm to impeach Paxton. They failed.
I went and checked Trump's Gab account. It is a blue check mark. I am assuming it is a real Trump account. https://gab.com/realdonaldtrump/posts/111082132540772724