Trump closes his ‘beacon of freedom’ blog after attracting a 'staggeringly small audience'

Jason Miller, senior aide to former president, confirms closing of the ‘From the Desk of Donald J Trump’ online communication tool

The Trump blog, a mouthpiece for his false claims about a rigged 2020 presidential election, failed to gain traction and on May 21 the Washington Post reported it had attracted a “staggeringly small audience”.

Donald Trump has discontinued the blog-type website he launched in a fanfare less than a month ago as “a beacon of freedom” and “a place to speak freely and safely”.

Jason Miller, a senior aide to the former US president, confirmed the closing of the “From the Desk of Donald J Trump” online communication tool in a statement to CNBC on Wednesday, just weeks after billing the venture as “a great resource” for his boss’s musings.