Aided by his app, the great liar could yet return as the Republicans’ next presidential nomineeIn the life story of
Donald Trump, to his mind an epic saga of unrivalled achievement, these are the wilderness years. After the US electoral college confirmed his 2020 defeat, an outcome he still mendaciously disputes, Trump plunged into despair. He sulked, he raged, he conspired. Yet the 6 January coup plot was an egregious step too far. He was cast into outer darkness.
Trump lost the
White House bully pulpit and a US president’s ability to command instant global attention. Personally wounding was the ban imposed by
Twitter,
Facebook and
Instagram, which belatedly agreed he posed a threat to democracy. Trump was cut off from
Social Media and his supporter base. He was all but silenced.