On Tuesday, President Donald Trump made his first posts on Instagram since being banned from the platform on January 2021, advertising a series of NFT artworks that raise money for his 2024 campaign.
“I am pleased to inform you that, due to the great success of my previously launched DIGITAL TRADING CARDS, we are doing it again, SERIES 2, AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW,” Trump wrote.
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“I hope everyone notices, & I’m sure the Fake News won’t, that I’m leaving the price of the Trading Cards the same as last time, even though they are selling for MANY TIMES MORE (It’s called the MARKET!), & sold out almost immediately, because I want my fans & supporters to make money, & have fun doing it,” Trump wrote in another post.
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Prior to this week, Trump’s last post was from January 5, 2021, advertising his infamous “Save America Rally” in front of the Capitol on January 6 – where unarmed Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt was shot to death by a Capit0l police officer.
In January, parent company Meta announced that Trump’s Facebook and Instagram bans had been rescinded.
Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta, said in a blog post that “The public should be able to hear what their politicians are saying – the good, the bad and the ugly – so that they can make informed choices at the ballot box.”
He also acknowledged the ongoing debate on social media platforms: “There is a significant debate about how social media companies should approach content posted on their platforms. Many people believe that companies like Meta should remove much more content than we currently do. Others argue that our current policies already make us overbearing censors.”
