Former President Donald Trump‘s social network app was made available on Monday for the public to download from the Apple Store, with many people placed on a waitlist.
The app, TRUTH Social, which is owned by Trump Media and Technology, went live in the app store, CNN reported. Upon launch, people were faced with a lengthy wait for the Twitter-styled social media app, with over 150,000 people placed on a waitlist.
“Time for some Truth!!!!” Donald Trump Jr. tweeted on Feb. 15, with a post that appeared to be promoting his father’s first post on the social media app.
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“Get ready! Your favorite President will see you soon!” the former president said in his first post on the app.
On Feb. 4, the release of the social media network was pushed back as the technology company was still conducting beta testing, with the app said to be released by the end of March.
Part of the initial delay might have come from the fact that the company cannot rely on help from “Big Tech companies,” CEO of Trump Media and Technology Group Devin Nunes said during an interview on Newsmax.
“We’ve seen what has happened to other small startup companies,” Nunes said. “And when Amazon decides they don’t like them, they cut them off.”
Time for some Truth!!! pic.twitter.com/jvyteDb5gW
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 15, 2022
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After promoting the social media network as an alternative to Big Tech companies such as Facebook and Twitter, TMTG raised more than $1 billion in investments during December.
Trump released a statement on Feb. 4 promoting TRUTH Social and welcoming truckers who refer to themselves as the “Freedom Convoy” to join his social media platform. This came after Facebook shut down a group of truckers who were planning to hold a protest in Washington, D.C., over vaccine mandates.
The Washington Examiner reached out to Trump Media and Technology for a statement but did not receive a response back.
