[142][143] In February 2022, TMTG launched Truth Social, a Twitter-like social media platform.[144]

Political career
Further information: Political career of Donald Trump
Presidential campaigns (2000–2016)
Trump and President Bill Clinton in June 2000
Trump's political party affiliation has changed numerous times. He registered as a Republican in 1987,[145] a member of the Independence Party, the New York state affiliate of the Reform Party, in 1999,[146] a Democrat in 2001, a Republican in 2009, unaffiliated in 2011, and a Republican in 2012.[145]
In 1987, Trump placed full-page advertisements in three major newspapers,[147] expressing his views on foreign policy and on how to eliminate the federal budget deficit.[148] He ruled out running for local office but not for the presidency.[147] In 1988, he approached Lee Atwater asking to be put into consideration as Republican nominee George H. W. Bush's running mate. Bush found the request "strange and unbelievable".[149]

2000 presidential campaign
Main article: Donald Trump 2000 presidential campaign
In 2000, Trump ran in the California and Michigan primaries for nomination as the Reform Party candidate for the 2000 United States presidential election but withdrew from the race in February 2000.