CEO OF TRUMP MEDIA &
TECHNOLOGY GROUP.
HE JOINS ME NOW IN HIS
FIRST TELEVISION
INTERVIEW SINCE LEAVING
PUBLIC OFFICE AND IT’S
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU,
MARIA.
GREAT TO BE BACK IN A
DIFFERENT CAPACITY.
MARIA: CONGRATULATIONS ON THE
NEW JOB.
WE ARE ALL WAITING TO
SEE WHAT PLAYS OUT WITH
TRUTH SOCIAL AND TRUMP
MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY
GROUP.
WHEN WILL YOU LAUNCH
TRUTH SOCIAL?
>> FOR SURE WE WILL
LAUNCH IT BY THE END OF
THE QUARTER.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE
HAVE WITH BIG TECH IS
THAT THEY DON’T WANT US
TO SUCCEED, SO WE HAVE
TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT
ONLY WE BUILD ALL OF OUR
OWN INFRASTRUCTURE IS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE
HAVE TO VET THE PARTNERS
WE WILL HAVE FOR
EXAMPLE, RUMBLE, WHICH
IS A YOUTUBE
ALTERNATIVE, WE WILL
PARTNER WITH THEM ON
CERTAIN ASPECTS.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE ONLY
BIG SOCIAL MEDIA
COMPANIES THAT HAVE
ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO
GET A FORTIFIED
BEACHHEAD AND SURVIVE
AGAINST BIG TECH SO WE
ARE LOOKING FOR PARTNERS
LIKE THAT TO ENSURE TO
THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY
THAT ONCE WE DO GO LIVE
WE WILL HAVE A SAFE
PLACE THAT BIG TECH
CANNOT CANCEL.
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF
THINGS WE ARE WORKING ON
NOW AND WE ARE EXCITED
BECAUSE WE ARE PREPARING
TO LAUNCH HERE IN THE
NEXT 60 DAYS A.
MARIA: SO, YOU WILL LAUNCH BY
THE END OF MARCH, THAT MEANS I
KNOW YOU WILL BE DOING TESTING
BEFORE THEN IN FEBRUARY.
THAT’S RIGHT AROUND THE
TIME THAT THE PRIMARIES
BEGIN.
WHAT ROLE WILL TRUTH
SOCIAL HABIT PRIMARY AND
THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS?
>> I THINK WHAT YOU SEE
NOW MARIA, FROM WHAT
HAPPENED OVER A YEAR AGO
WHEN THE CANCELING JUST
WENT FULL SCALE WHERE
AMERICANS HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS IF NOT
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
GOT BOOTED FROM THE
SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY.
THIS IS WHAT REALLY
CHANGED MY OPINION I WAS
ONE OF THE FIRST GUYS TO
BE SHADOW BAND, IMPACTED
SEVERAL YEARS AGO BY THE
SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES,
BUT WHEN YOU START NOT
ONLY KEEPING OFF
INFORMATION LIKE THEY
DID THAT ACTUALLY SWAY
THE ELECTION RIGHT
BEFORE THE ELECTION, BUT
THEN YOU KICK NOT ONLY
THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OFFICE
SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT
MILLIONS OF THEIR
FOLLOWERS, I WENT AROUND
THE COUNTRY LAST YEAR
AND I THINK PEOPLE WERE
JUST SHOCKED WHEN THIS
OPPORTUNITY CAME UP TO
HELP BUILD SOMETHING
NEW, NOT JUST A SOCIAL
MEDIA, BUT LOOKING AT
THE WHOLE PLAYING FIELD
OF OTHER SECTORS WHERE
THIS CANCEL CULTURE
SO-CALLED WOKE CULTURE
HAS TAKEN OVER THESE BIG
CORPORATIONS AND BIG
TECH COMPANIES IT WAS
REALLY SOMETHING I FELT
WAS A CALLING I HAD
SOMETHING I SEE AS
SOMETHING LARGER THAN
WHERE I WAS AT THE
BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS
A NEEDED, NOT ONLY FOR
THE UNITED STATES, BUT
AROUND THE GLOBE QUITE
FRANKLY.
MARIA: AND WHAT YOU SAID TO ME
YESTERDAY WAS THAT THIS IS GOING
TO BE OPEN TO EVERYONE.
IT’S NOT GOING TO HAVE
THE ALGORITHMS THAT YOU
SEEK AND OTHER SOCIAL
MEDIA COMPANIES THAT
POINT YOU TO A CERTAIN
NARRATIVE OR SWAY YOU.
>> YEAH, I WOULD SAY
THIS ALSO THAT WE ARE
NOT GOING TO BE A
CONSERVATIVE OR
REPUBLICAN ONLY, I MEAN,
REALLY IF YOU NOTICE
WHAT-- WHAT HAPPENED A
YEAR AGO JUST FROM WHERE
WE STARTED IT WAS LIKE
OKAY, WE DON’T LIKE
CONSERVATIVES, BIG TECH
SIDED WITH THE LEFT AND
THEY BANNED
CONSERVATIVES, BUT NOW
YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE
THEY ARE ALSO TARGETING
ANY LIBERAL OR ANY
MODERATE WHO RAISES
QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID OF
ANY KIND OF A YOU ARE
SHADOW BAND, SO THESE
ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS
WE WANT TO CREATE A SAFE
PLACE ON THE INTERNET IS
NOT ONLY FAMILY-FRIENDLY
THAT WILL FOLLOW ALL OF
THE LAWS ON THE BOOKS,
BUT ALSO A PLACE WHERE
YOU ARE NOT STUCK IN
SOME INTERNET GHETTO
BECAUSE YOUR POLITICAL
AFFILIATION OR YOUR
POLITICAL IDEAS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY,
NOT ONLY FOR MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS TO GET THEIR
VOICE BACK THAT ARE
CONSERVATIVE, BUT I
THINK ALSO INDEPENDENTS
AND MODERATES WHERE
RECENTLY WE HAVE SEEN
PEOPLE COME OUT LIKE JOE
ROGAN I THINK A
WELL-KNOWN INDEPENDENT
WHOSE EXPRESSED HIS
FRUSTRATION WITH BIG
TECH IN THE LIST GOES ON
AND ON SO HOPEFULLY IT’S
A PLACE NOT JUST OR
SOCIAL MEDIA POLITICAL
EXPRESSION, BUT ALSO FOR
SPORTS, ART AND
ENTERTAINMENT.
MARIA: AND OF COURSE WE SAW THAT
RIGHT BEFORE THE 2020 ELECTION
WITH SOCIAL MEDIA BLOCKED ALL
THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BIDEN
FAMILY AND THE MONEY THAT IT
RECEIVED FROM VARIOUS FOREIGN
COUNTRIES.
I WANT TO SWITCH GEARS
AND ASK YOU WHAT YOU
LEARNED IT DURING YOUR,
YOU DID SUCH A GOOD JOB
IN CONGRESS IN TERMS OF
ROOTING OUT CORRUPTION.
YOU WERE DEFENDING
REPUBLICAN LEADING THE
REPUBLICAN INVESTIGATION
INTO THE IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
DURING THE UKRAINE
INVESTIGATION.
TELL ME WHAT YOU LEARNED
ABOUT UKRAINE AND WHAT
YOU CAME AWAY FROM THAT
INVESTIGATION WITH.
>> JUST REMEMBER, RIGHT
BEFORE THE ELECTION THE
HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP
STORY WAS ABANDONED BY
ALL SOCIAL MEDIA AND NOT
ONLY THAT, YOU HAD HIGH
LEVEL OF FORMER MILITARY
AND INTELLIGENCE AND
SO-CALLED FOREIGN
LEADERS IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA WHO
SIDED WITH BIG TECH AND
MADE UP A FALSE STORY
THAT THIS WAS SOMEHOW
RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION
LOOK, WE ALL KNOW WHAT
THE RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN
DOING FOR 75 YEARS IS NO
SECRET.
THEY TRIED TO SEW
DISCORD IN OUR COUNTRY.
THEY WERE VERY
SUCCESSFUL.
BIG TECH DID EXACTLY
WHAT THE RUSSIANS WANTED
THEM TO DO.
ALL THESE SO-CALLED
EXPERTS DID EXACTLY WHAT
THE RUSSIANS WANTED THEM
TO DO AND NOW FAST
FORWARD, WHERE ARE WE
TODAY?
REMEMBER, THE INVASION
OF UKRAINE STARTED IN
2014 UNDER OBAMA AND
BIDEN.
IT WAS THE OBAMA BUTTON
ADMINISTRATION THAT
WANTED TO GIVE THEM
BLANKETS AND THEN IT WAS
HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP
WHERE THE INFORMATION
EXISTED WHEN THEY WERE
IMPEACHING A PRESIDENT
OVER THIS.
CLEARLY THE INFORMATION
WAS OUT THERE THAT WAS
REALLY THE BIDEN’S WHO
HAD ISSUES, NOT JUST
WITH UKRAINE TAKING
MONEY FROM UKRAINE, BUT
ALSO RUSSIA, ALSO CHINA
SO, GOING BACK TO THE
RUSSIANS A STARTED THIS
UNDER OBAMA AND BIDEN IN
2014.
THEY SMELL WEAKNESS AND
I BELIEVE WHAT THEY ARE
GOING TO DO IS PROBABLY
FORCE THE HANDS OF
UKRAINIAN PEOPLE AND
BASICALLY PUT A CHOICE
IN THEIR HANDS OF DO
THEY REALLY WANT TO
FIGHT AND HAVE BLOODSHED
OR IS PUTIN GOING TO BE
ABLE TO INSTALL SOMEONE
THAT HE CAN CONTROL,
WHICH IS KIND OF AN OLD
SOVIET TACTIC THAT’S
BEEN USED BY DICTATORS
THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
MARIA: DO YOU THINK BIDEN HAS
CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN UKRAINE
AND RUSSIA AND THAT’S DICTATING
HIS DECISIONS AROUND THE
POTENTIAL INVASION OF UKRAINE BY
RUSSIA?
>> WELL, FOR ONE THING
IS FOR SURE THAT BIG
TECH AND THE FAKE NEWS
MEDIA COMPLEX IN THIS
COUNTRY HELPED COVER UP
EVIDENCE THAT CLEARLY, I
MEAN, THIS IS MAJOR
EVIDENCE THAT SAT ON THE
LAPTOP.
THE FBI HAD IT FOR OVER
A YEAR AND NOTHING WAS
DONE WITH IT.
IN A NORMAL WORLD,
UNLIKE THE ONE WE LIVE
IN NOW DYSTOPIAN MEDIA
WE HAVE AN SOCIAL MEDIA,
YOU COULD HAVE HUNDREDS
AND HUNDREDS OF MEDIA
FOLKS, REPORTERS,
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS
DOING WORK ON THIS.
SADLY, YOU HAVE ONLY HAD
A FEW PLACES THAT HAVE
ACTUALLY COVERED THE
STORY AND THEN YOU WOULD
KNOW I MEAN I THINK THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE
THE RIGHT TO KNOW, WHAT
IS IT THAT THE RUSSIANS,
THE CHINESE OR THE
UKRAINIANS HAVE ON
POLITICIANS IN THIS
COUNTRY.
THAT INFORMATION IS
KNOWN TO THE FBI BUT YET
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
STILL DON’T HAVE A CLUE.