Donald Trump has announced a SPAC attack.<\/p>\n
The former president is planning a new media and technology empire that will be publicly traded after a merger with a firm called Digital World Acquisition Corp, according to a Wednesday press release from the Trump Media and Technology Group.<\/p>\n
The move comes after Trump was kicked off social media giants such as Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. and includes a new social platform called \u201cTruth Social.\u201d<\/p>\n
TMTG also released a slide deck to accompany its announcement. Here are some of the most interesting insights.<\/p>\n
TMTG apparently plans to take on Twitter and Facebook with its Truth Social network but has ambitions that expand far beyond social media, with references to some of the most successful media companies around, including Netflix Inc and Walt Disney Co.<\/p>\n
It also seems to nod to an upcoming tech stack that could include payments services similar to Stripe Inc, and cloud features that compete with Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc\u2019s Google.<\/p>\n
TMTG characterizes its goal as creating a \u201cnon-cancellable\u201d community that would extend beyond the reach of current tech behemoths.<\/p>\n
The deck also touts that a third of respondents in a survey from The Hill said they\u2019d use a \u201cTrump-backed Social media platform,\u201d though it doesn\u2019t make much mention that 54% \u2014 a slim majority \u2014 say they would not.<\/p>\n
And while one slide says TMTG is aiming for an \u201cInclusive \u2018Big Tent\u2019 Approach\u201d where all are welcome, including liberals, independents and conservatives, another slide has the company \u201cgalvanizing a conservative media universe\u201d by figuratively drawing right-wing networks into its orbit.<\/p>\n
And if there\u2019s any doubt as to whether TMTG can take on the giants of technology, social media, and streaming services all at once, the company urges you to consider the former president\u2019s record in entertainment.<\/p>\n