Trump started a social media platform and it’s even worse than you’d have imagined

Picture everything that's bad about 2021 digitized for your consumption and captured in one place. [View in browser]( [Image]( October 22, 2021 THE LATEST [Alternate text] Trump's new social media website is exactly as preposterous as you'd expect](//link.msnbc.com/click/25428077.9372/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24va3lyc3Rlbi1zaW5lbWEtcy1iYXRocm9vbS1wcm90ZXN0LXdhcy1sb25nLXRpbWUtY29taW5nLW4xMjgwNzYzP2NpZD1lbWxfbWRhXzIwMjExMDIyJnVzZXJfZW1haWw9ZDdkYzc0NTE3Mjk3YjM5NzFhYTE0ZDZmMzMxMTM1YTA4NzhmOGY2NDBmYTFhMTAxOWYxNTdiNjVjMWI1ZGQxZA/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914B7e8eb1fa by Zeeshan Aleem Picture everything that's bad about 2021 digitized for your consumption and captured in one place. That's Trump's brand new social media platform, which is aptly titled Truth Social. In true Trumpian form, it is both brazen and nonsensical. [Zeeshan Aleem explores](the leaked beta forms, noting a fundamental but unsurprising flaw: “Every post from every user is a ‘truth,’ not because of the substance of what someone is saying but by virtue of where they are saying it: Trump’s social media space.” Read Zeeshan Aleem's [full analysis here]( and don't forget to check out the rest of your Friday [MSNBC Daily](. TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [An illustration of a truck with a Trump bumper sticker and a woman holding a gun]( [Zeeshan Aleem]( [You've gotta see this Trump-loving, gun-toting candidate's ad to believe it]( This Nevada candidate's political campaign ad is a disturbing self-parody. [Read More]( [A photo of a person working on computers]( [Marc Ambinder]( [America's new war on terror is happening without us even noticing]( The new war on terror has gone digital. [Read More]( [An illustration of dollar bills over a green background]( [Hayes Brown]( [How these Democrats are robbing the middle class of the boost it needs]( Candidate Biden talked a big game. President Biden may be falling flat. [Read More]( [A photo of Kyrsten Sinema]( [Ja'han Jones]( [Police recommend charges for Sinema protesters at Arizona State University]( Sinema called the protest 'not legitimate' and 'unacceptable.' [Read More]( TOP VIDEOS [Alternate text] [A photo of Steve Bannon]( [Deadline White House]( [House approves vote to hold Steve Bannon in contempt]( [A photo of Kyrsten SInema]( [Katy Tur]( [Five Sinema advisers resign, calling her 'one of the principal obstacles to progress']( [A photo of Dan Patrick ]( [Rachel Maddow]( [Texas lt. gov. pays $25,000 bounty for voter fraud case (committed by a Trump voter)]( [A photo of Joe Manchin]( [The Beat With Ari]( [Manchin says he offered to switch parties if Democrats felt he was an 'embarrassment']( MORE FROM MSNBC [Alternate text] How do we make sense of this unprecedented moment in world history? Why is this all happening? Chris Hayes asks the big questions that keep him up at night every week [on his podcast](, aptly titled, ["Why Is This Happening?"]( [In the newest episode](, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Andrea Elliot joins Chris to talk about her expanded coverage of Dasani Coates' family story. Life has been anything but easy for 20-year-old Coates, who was named after the bottled water that signaled Brooklyn's gentrification. Together with her siblings, Dasani has had to persevere in an environment riddled with stark inequality, hunger, violence, drug addiction and homelessness — and she's not alone. We often focus on the stories of children who 'make it out' of tumultuous environments. But what about the ones who don’t? [Listen to the new episode now.]( Watch 'Civil War,' a documentary about the roots of division in the U.S. from executive producers Brad Pitt and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The film offers an intimate look at how race, heritage, tradition and geography shape our beliefs and the different ways Americans portray the story of our Civil War — as well as the stories we refuse to tell. Watch 'Civil War,' Sunday, Oct. 24 at 10 p.m. ET. Follow MSNBC [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [LinkedIn]( Check out the MSNBC channel on Apple News Download the NBC News Mobile App and watch MSNBC [Listen live to MSNBC on TuneIn]( [Image] [Image] [Privacy]( [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily)