Calls for removal of Truth Social from app stores after Trump's QAnon 'meltdown'

Following Donald Trump's QAnon-fueled rant on his social media platform Truth Social, some are calling for the removal of Truth Social from app stores.

Citizens for Ethics, a Washington-based, non-profit watchdog organization, tweeted just that on September 4: "Trump continues to deny the 2020 election results, repost QAnon statements, and let his followers threaten government workers on Truth Social. It needs to be taken off of app stores."

The group's concern seems valid; QAnon followers have been known to commit violent acts stemming from QAnon conspiracy theories, such is the case with last year's Capitol riot.
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Last week Former US President Donald Trump took to his social network Truth Social and caught the attention of the public with a 60-post tirade.

Trump is currently facing a Department of Justice probe due to the classified files he kept at his Florida home of Mar-a-Lago and strong accusations from the January 6th House Select Committee.

On what some news sources have dubbed a “meltdown”, Trump shared messages involving QAnon-related conspiracy theories.

The QAnon movement was born on the internet forum 4Chan and believes that Donald Trump is the last hope against a cabal of devil-worshiping cannibals that control the US government and mainstream media.

Specifically, QAnon followers believe the online messages of a person or group of persons claiming to be a high-ranking government whistleblower posting on 8Chan and else as “Q”.

Trump, Rolling Stones magazine writes, has amplified these conspiracy theories in the past, using signs and symbols that QAnon believers can identify.

The former US President also has refused to distance himself from QAnon, feigning ignorance when questioned about the movement.

Though they may appear as relatively harmless conspiracy theorists, a few QAnon believers have been linked to potentially violent acts, including storming the capitol on January 6th, 2021.

So far, none of Q’s predictions have come true, including the idea that Trump would order the National Guard to arrest Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

The Truth Social tirade has been described by NBC News as Trump's most explicit support of QAnon conspiracy theories yet.

Some commentators have described the content recently posted on Truth Social as a stream-of-consciousness denunciation of the enemies of the former US President.

The posts, as described by Rolling Stones, include accusations of corruption inside the FBI, out-of-place George Orwell quotes, and poop jokes involving US President Joe Biden.

NBC News senior reporter Ben Collins writes on his Twitter account that the QAnon forums, after months of non-activity, seem to have been injected a new life after Trump’s Truth Social spree.

Of course, it’s important to highlight that Truth Social was created by Donald Trump after he was barred from Twitter, Facebook, and other social media apps.

The Washington Post reported a few days before Trump’s tirade that Truth Social had been suffering from dismal traffic and financial doubts.

Maybe this was a strategy to inject new life that soon could become Donald Trump’s latest fiasco?

Who knows? What is true is that 2024 might be a presidential election unlike anything seen before. Particularly if Trump manages to get a third presidential bid.