Dan Mitchinson: Is Truth Social turning on Donald Trump?

Backlash against Donald Trump on his social media site 'Truth Social' is building following the US President's R-rated Easter rant. 

Although, US Correspondent Dan Mitchinson told Heather du Plessis-Allan the backlash likely stems from a feeling of betrayal surrounding the war in Iran. 

They also speak about fighting fire with sound waves, and anxiety bags.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
International Correspondence with Ends and Eye Insurance, Peace of Mind
for New Zealand Business. Yeah, Mattison, US Correspondents with that's
hello Dan, Hello Heather. Right, why is truth Social turning
on the President?

Speaker 2 (00:14):
Well? I think you know, they're devoted fans to President Trump.
I mean they are ardent supporters. And the New York
Times had this interesting piece and thousands of these users
right now are just pushing back because they feel betrayed
by the war in Iran and they don't like the
language that President Trump used when he sent out a

(00:35):
truth Social post on Easter demands for the Iranian government.
And I don't think the President, Heather can afford to
lose these supporters now as he campaigns for the midterms.
I mean, obviously, he is the head of the Republican
Party right now, there isn't really a runner up. I
mean jd. Vance is expected to run, but I mean
he is sort of the figurehead, isn't he of the

(00:57):
Republican Party right now? So I think he's got to
be treading very careful with some of these devoted fans.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
So how much trouble do you think he's in at
the mid toombs? Like, right his chances for me.

Speaker 2 (01:10):
Well, I mean, he's going to be going around campaigning
for for Republicans right now, and I think most people
are going to, you know, to want to have him
stand by their side right now and endorse them. But
I think there are others that are going to be
maybe looking ahead to you know, the next two or
three years in the next election and say, well, it'd
be nice if we got his endorsement. But at the
same time, I want to keep a distance from him,

(01:33):
I mean, and just to sort of circle back that,
you know, truth socials bases is miniscule. They've got like
six million users compared to five hundred and fifty or
five hundred and sixty on x whatever they have right now.
But we have to remember social media is the megaphone
for President Trump, and that's where he gets his message
out with his supporters and with you know, the voters
in general.

Speaker 1 (01:54):
Explain to me what it is that the Five Fights
are doing. Is it Are they using sound?

Speaker 2 (01:59):
This is so amazing. Yes, they're using sound waves instead
of water or chemicals. It's a company called Sonic fire Tech,
and they're based out on the West coast here and
it was developed and founded by former NASA engineers. And
what it does is it uses these infrared sensors and
it can detect flames in your business or your home
or about in the open, and then it deploys these

(02:21):
sort of infrared waves low frequency sound. You couldn't hear
the sound waves. I couldn't hear them. But what they
do is they vibrate all the oxygen molecules and they
break the chemical reaction that allows the fire to burn.
So this can stop firing in just a matter of seconds,
and then you don't have to worry about water damage
or chemical residue too. So I mean, out here in

(02:42):
California where we have awful fires every single year and
fire season is year round basically right now, I mean,
this would be such a huge breakthrough to have.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
Wouldn't it be amazing? Now, what are the young people
putting in their anxiety bags, their anxiety emergency bags.

Speaker 2 (02:56):
I don't know why. When I was looking at this story,
I thought that you might be a little cynical about
but you know, anxiety is a big thing with a
lot of people these days, especially gen z ers twelve
to twenty six years old. And what they're doing is
they're starting to carry around these bags to help with
this worry and restlessness. And they have lavender oils or

(03:16):
maybe sour candies because the sharp flavor can kind of
take your attention away from.

Speaker 1 (03:22):
Sleep in the fi doesn't it?

Speaker 2 (03:24):
It does? It does? And ice ice packs and gun
stuffed animals and doctors say that this is like having
your own little superhero box. It's about using your five senses,
and it has to bring you back to the present,
to the moment, versus just living inside your head, which
you know a lot of us do a lot of
the times.

Speaker 1 (03:44):
How many of these young people are carrying these bags.

Speaker 2 (03:47):
I don't know percentage wise. I thought the strangest thing
that I saw in one of these bags was a
pineapple slicer. But that's for somebody that lives over in
your neck of the woods. I think.

Speaker 1 (03:58):
I am cynical about Dan. I am very so. I mean,
I have a lot of time for if you've got
a proper anxiety, like if you're properly like super anxious,
if it's a really really intense problem that you're dealing with,
I'm on boarder. You carry your little gummies around and
you do what you need to do. But if it's
just your average run of the mill person with a
mild case of anxiety. Give you just give yourself a
good slap in the face, I think, Dan, thank you

(04:20):
very much, appreciate it, Dan Mitchens and US correspondent. For
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