User drop suggests ‘rejection of harsh rhetoric’ spewed by the former US president, rightwing media analyst says
Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform experienced a third straight month of audience decline in June, a leading analyst of rightwing media said, detecting signs of “trouble at the ballot box” for the Republican presidential nominee.
“The diminishing audience levels for Truth Social suggest a rejection of the harsh rhetoric expressed by the ex-president and his political allies that is one of the hallmarks of the two-year-old platform,” Howard Polskin said.
“If this softness persists, it might portend trouble for Mr Trump at the ballot box in November.”
Polskin is president of TheRighting, a site that seeks to “inform middle-of-the-road and liberal audiences about stories and viewpoints not on their radar that are shaping political opinion across a wide swath of America”.
I’m assuming it’s a defense mechanism. If they see what trump posts unfiltered they might accidentally interpret it exactly how it sounds. If they don’t read it right away, they give the propagandists time to fluff it up a bit so it’s easier for them to swallow.