Trump's Social Media App Goes Live in Apple's App Store

On Monday, an alternative social media site endorsed by Former U.S. President Donald Trump went live on Apple's App Store, but access to the service appeared to be limited for the time being, according to CNN.

Trump Media and Technology Group, Trump's media company founded after leaving the White House, owns the service, which is a Twitter-like programme called Truth Social.

Users who downloaded the app on Monday morning were met with a message encouraging them to register for the service, but the signup process resulted in a 150,000-strong backlog for access to the platform.

Trump's return to social media a year after being suspended by many mainstream sites, including Facebook (FB), Twitter, and YouTube, following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, is evidenced by the app's launch in the app store.

Donald Trump Jr., the former president's son, posted what looked to be the former president's first post on Truth Social last week.

"Prepare yourself! You'll be seeing your favourite President soon!" read the message from the older Trump On the site, posts are called "truths," while amplifications of a post are called "retruths."

Trump's app joins a growing ecosystem of digital products catering to, or popular with, conservatives. Rumble, Parler, Gettr and other services have cropped up as alternatives to mainstream social networks. But some have encountered growing pains: Parler, for example, was removed last year from Apple and Google's app stores amid allegations that Jan. 6 rioters used the platform to incite violence.