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This illustration photo shows a person checking the app store on a smartphone for "Truth Social"—owned by Trump Media & Technology Group—with its website on a computer screen in the background, in Los Angeles, Calif., on Oct. 20, 2021. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images
Donald Trump is back. On Feb. 20, Truth Social, his new social media platform, went live. Now, just a few days later, it’s one of the most popular apps in the country.
John Mac Ghlionn is a researcher and essayist. He covers psychology and social relations, and has a keen interest in social dysfunction and media manipulation. His work has been published by the New York Post, The Sydney Morning Herald, Newsweek, National Review, and The Spectator US, among others.