Mr. Trump Is Happier Now That He’s Off Social Media: Says Campaign Aide

Former President Donald J. Trump is feeling happier since he has been off social media, claimed former Trump campaign strategist Jason Miller in an interview with the UK’s Sunday Times.

“The president has said he feels happier now than he’s been in some time,” said Miller after the ex-President was banned from Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms as a result of the siege on the US Capitol last month.

Source: The New York Times

“He’s said that not being on social media, and not being subject to the hateful echo chamber that social media too frequently becomes, has actually been good,” Miller told the outlet. “That’s something the First Lady [Melania] has backed up as well. She has said she loves it, that he’s much happier and is enjoying himself much more,” the ex-aide said.

Since Trump left the White House, it’s been “the first time in years that I saw the president truly relaxed,” Miller told the paper. “Only 45 other people in US history have experienced what it is like to have the world on their shoulders . . . and to be able to exhale, knowing that it’s not all on you, for the first time in four years.”

Source: Financial Times

Meanwhile, Trump shared “some very tender moments” with his family as he left Washington, DC, for his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Miller said. “It was fun to have a front-row seat for that. The emotions ran the entire gamut. Some folks were very sad this day had come, but there was a sense of pride that this was the single most successful first term in US presidential history,” Miller said.

The former President was purportedly banned from his social media accounts on account of the Capitol siege that took place on January 6th this year. During the time, Twitter revealed, “Plans for future armed protests have already begun proliferating on and off-Twitter, including a proposed secondary attack on the US Capitol and state capitol buildings on January 17, 2021. In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action.”