Eric Boehlert: How Trump became an online flop in 2021

[babylonsister]

Can I get a womp womp?

https://pressrun.media/p/how-trump-became-an-online-flop-in


How Trump became an online flop in 2021
Blog gets yanked
Eric Boehlert
2 hr ago


After less than a month of postings, Trump’s blog was officially taken offline this week, after drawing an embarrassingly small audience. Loyalists will no longer be able to check on “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump” to read his latest, bitter musings.

The sudden move to unplug the aging Florida blogger comes as Trump continues to struggle to attract an online audience after getting de-platformed by Twitter, Facebook and Instagram in the wake of the January 6, mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. The social media giants rightly accused Trump of inciting violence and of depicting the mob vigilantes as patriots. Once accustomed to seeing his tweets and Facebook posts garnering millions of likes and responses, Trump now finds himself lost in the online wilderness, ignored and rejected.

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It hasn’t just been his colossal flop as a blogger. All across the internet, references to Trump have plummeted, even as Republican leaders scramble to placate him.

“Chatter about Trump has fallen across the biggest social media sites to its lowest level since May 2016, when he was just becoming the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee, according to the BuzzSumo data,” the Post reported. “On Twitter, data from the online-analytics firm Zignal Labs shows, mentions of him have cratered to an average of about 4 million a week, the lowest since 2016.”

The bad online news comes after Trump’s recent one-hour sit-down with Steve Cortes and Jenn Pellegrino on NewsMax on May 25 drew just 295,000 viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research data — and just 62,000 viewers in the advertiser-coveted age demographic of 25 to 54. That same night during the 9 p.m. time slot when Trump appeared on NewsMax, his interview got beat badly in the ratings by “Chopped,” and by HGTV’s “Unsellable Houses” which pulled 1.3 million total viewers, or nearly four times the Trump audience.

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The dichotomy now at play is an amazing one: As Trump fades from public view and generates so little interest online, the Republican Party continues to genuflect in front of him.

[Lovie777]

1. Yeah . . .

but I read he's back

Facebook and Instagram

[Walleye]

2. He de-platformed himself? What is that called? Is there a word for that.

[yonder]

8. unmasturbate?

[Walleye]

9. That's the word I was groping for!

[Johnny2X2X]

3. He thinks Republican lawmakers will force social media companies to let him back

I think eventually he gets back on Facebook, Twitter I am not sure about.

Either way, it's good for the country. Him being gone from social media has given Biden a chance to get his presidency off to a roaring start. By the time Trump gets back on Facebook, Biden will have entrenched his wins into history and Trump will sound even dumber criticizing him.

And the rallies will start soon, but they're going to flop after a couple.

[bearsfootball516]

4. I'm curious to see what happens with the rallies

He's so used to having 15,000 people at these rallies. With his online megaphone gone and the power of the presidency taken away, what's gonna happen when they hype up his first rally in a month or something and only 4,000 people show?

[CatWoman]

10. and who is going to pay for security???

he already owes quite a bit of money to several cities..........

[dawg day]

5. I really don't get the GOP going all in at this point--

I mean, if I were your typical no-values cynic GOPer, I'd be laying low and mumbling when asked about Trump-- keep my distance.
For one thing, he's probably going to be indicted.

I wonder if they've just lost their mooring. They gave up all principles and governing goals in 2016, and now they also don't seem to have the usual self-protection instincts. So they've got nothing to signal to them what the "best" (for them) move is. They're just letting themselves get sucked into Trump's flailing ego melodrama, because that's where the most energy (negative) is.

Good. Let them drown in his whirlpool.

[Eyeball_Kid]

6. They're beating a dead horse...

eh... oh, I'll leave it there.

[dawg day]

7. Beating OFF a dead horse-

That's what Trump is, a dead horse. Flaccid and rotting.

[bearsfootball516]

13. His base is still a very powerful voting block.

And if you lose them, you're likely to lose your primary.

[FakeNoose]

11. He really thought someone else would do all the work

... while he goes off and plays golf.

Oh, and he had no intention of paying anyone to do the work, of course. They were supposed to work for the privilege of glorifying HIM.

[jcgoldie]

12. "thought someone else would do all the work while he goes off and plays golf."

Well in his defense same premise worked for him for 4 years in the white house.

[Stuart G]

14. Great Job...Great Post...Thank You for Sharing ...K and R