The White Home on Friday joined Bluesky, the social media platform of alternative of many within the left-leaning on-line world.
In its inaugural publish, the White Home account supplied a sizzle reel of the administration’s memes, trolls and messages from President Donald Trump’s 9 months since returning to workplace. The publish appeared geared toward tweaking liberals who aren’t followers of the Republican president.
The primary publish included mentions of the administration’s government order renaming the Gulf of Mexico, a doctored picture of Democratic Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries adorned in a sombrero with a fake mustache, and stream of pictures and video from different huge moments within the early going of Trump’s second time period.
“What’s up, Bluesky?” the White Home stated in a message accompanying the video. ”We thought you would possibly’ve missed a few of our biggest hits, so we put this collectively for you. Can’t wait to spend extra high quality time collectively!”
Disgruntled X customers started flocking to Bluesky after billionaire Elon Musk took over Twitter (now generally known as X) in 2022, and the platform reported a surge in new customers late final yr.
It stays small in comparison with extra established on-line areas similar to X, however it has emerged instead for these on the lookout for a distinct temper.
The Division of Well being and Human Companies and the Division of Homeland Safety additionally launched Bluesky accounts Friday.
Vice President JD Vance joined Bluesky in June.
Trump’s social media platform of alternative is Fact Social. Trump is the largest shareholder in Trump Media & Expertise Group, the corporate that owns Fact Social.
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