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The plan for former President Donald Trump to launch his own social networking app has gone from dismissed rumor to near certainty over the last few weeks, and on Saturday, former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski talked about it with Newsmax TV.

Its not just about the publicity stunt aspect. Conservatives and Trump supporters have been furious about social networks like Twitter deplatforming Trump, as indeed have folks as varied as Bernie Sanders and the ACLU. The idea of Trump launching his own network in defiance of that ban, as well as the notion that the move would exact a certain measure of revenge for Big Techs deplatforming of entire platforms like Parler, has a lot to do with the level of interest.

Still, Lewandowskis description doesnt necessarily sound like a traditional style of social media platform. It comes across that hes describing a tool specifically for Trump, not just by him.

This is going to be launched in the next 3 to 4 months, and its going to be an interactive communication tool, whereby the president will be able to post things to it, and people will be able to repost and communicate directly with him, said Lewandowski. What weve seen from Big Tech and the cancel culture is, if you dont agree with their philosophy, theyre going to cancel you. and were going to have a platform where the presidents message of America first is going to be able to be put out to everybody, and therell be an opportunity for other people to weigh in and communicate in a free format, without fear of reprisal or being cancelled.

Interesting description, if somewhat murky on the functionality. On the subject of launching under conditions where his political detractors control the levers that allow such a platform to exist, Lewandowski said that Trumps planned app would be entirely independent.

The platform that the president is building is not going to rely on Amazon, or Amazon servers, its going to be completely built from scratch, from the ground up, and thats going to give him the opportunity to control not only the distribution of it, but also who participates in it. I mean that in a positive way, said Lewandowski.

When you can cancel the president of the United States, the leader of the free world, from issuing First Amendment rights and opinions, then you can cancel anybody, said Lewandowski, after noting the project had been on Trumps plate for a long time.

Big tech is out of control, theyre out of line, and congress needs to do something and step in, he added.

Its obviously a public relations pitch to say, as many commentators as well as former Trump adviser Jason Miller have been saying, that this hypothetical product will be a game-changing product, but the truth is it really could greatly impact the social media and information marketplace. You can decide for yourself whether that will be for ill or good.

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Lewandowski Says Trump Social Media Platform Will Be 'Interactive' Way for Trump to Speak, Other People to Repeat or Reply to Him - Mediaite