The Trump White House has taken its fight to Bluesky, the decentralized social media platform that became a haven for Donald Trump/MAGA critics and the political left after Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter-now-X.
But its debut went awkwardly awry.
The administration’s first post — a 52-second montage of what it called the president’s “greatest hits” since returning to the Oval Office, featuring some of his mocking online posts and his boasts about making America great again — was met with mockery, equal trolling and demands for the release of the so-called Epstein Files.
The only account with more blocks on the platform is Vice President JD Vance, who’s been blocked by more than 167,000 users since joining in June.
“What’s up, Bluesky? We thought you might’ve missed some of our greatest hits, so we put this together for you,” the White House wrote in its launch post, adding: “Can’t wait to spend more quality time together!”
As of early Monday, the White House’s account had about 11,500 followers.