Former president Donald Trump, who has been banned from Twitter and other major social-media platforms, said he\u2019s working on his own platform to reach his followers that could be announced soon.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m doing things having to do with putting our own platform out there that you\u2019ll be hearing about soon,\u201d Trump said in an interview for Fox News contributor Lisa Boothe\u2019s initial podcast \u201cThe Truth\u201d released on Monday. \u201cI\u2019ll be telling you pretty soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Twitter Inc., Trump\u2019s favorite social-media platform, permanently banned his personal account in January for breaking its rules against glorifying violence after he encouraged his supporters to march on the Capitol on Jan. 6 in what became a deadly attempt to stop the counting of Electoral College votes for President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n
Facebook has suspended Trump\u2019s account pending a review by outside experts.<\/p>\n
Trump boasted on Boothe\u2019s podcast that despite the bans, his press releases making statements and endorsing candidates are getting picked up by media outlets \u201cmuch better than any tweet.\u201d<\/p>\n
In an interview with Newsmax on Monday night, he called the press releases are \u201cmore elegant\u201d and that they avoid the risk of a retweet from someone who might put \u201cyou in a little difficulty.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked about starting his own platform, Trump said, \u201cI have tremendous options.\u201d<\/p>\n