Donald Trump's Social Media Platform Truth Social Owes Web-Hosting Service $1.6 Million

“Our founding vision is to make a second internet to support American ideas online,” Martin Avila, the chief executive of RightForge, said when asked about the unpaid $1.6 million balance.

“RightForge believes in the mission of President Trump’s free speech platform and wish to continue supporting the president in his media endeavors,” Martin added.

Ex-President Trump first created Truth Social in February 2021 after he was permanently banned from other major social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube in the wake of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and his departure from office.

Although Trump and Truth Social signed a contract with RightForge for their hosting services, Trump has reportedly failed to make any monthly payments since March 2021 – meaning the social media platform owes upwards of 16 months’ worth of payments equaling $1.6 million total.

Trump Media and Technologies, the holding company in which Truth Social is partly owned, previously attempted to merge with the special purpose acquisition company Digital World Acquisition Corp. in an effort to move into streaming and other online services.

Those plans were postponed indefinitely after both the Securities and Exchange Commission and a Justice Department grand jury launched investigations into the two entities after it was revealed the companies “may have broken merger rules.”