Kushner Halts Trump Move to New Social Media After Twitter Ban
- Trump shouldn’t use fringe sites, Kushner tells officials
- Parler, Gab sites seen by Kushner as unsuitable for president
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Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner stopped an effort to sign up the president on fringe social media platforms such as Gab and Parler after Twitter suspended his account last week, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Trump’s social media director, Dan Scavino, also objected, two of the people said. The two men thought the alternative social media sites, which have catered to political conservatives by promising fewer restraints on speech, weren’t suitable for the U.S. president partly because they didn’t think they were well managed or could handle the traffic.