President Donald Trump’s first term revolutionized the online relationship between the president and the public, but self-proclaimed "White House Tech Support" Elon Musk is ushering a chronically online generation into Trump’s second term.
Trump has been using Truth Social in his second term like he used Twitter during his first, blasting off posts at all hours of the day to roll out policy announcements and comment on his favorite – or least favorite – news shows. Truth Social reads like Trump's own stream of consciousness, and most Truth users are loyal Trump supporters who use the social media platform to rally around his policies.
Musk’s X account reads more like a political debate. Buried in the steady stream of memes and AI edits, "special government employee" Musk uses X as a way to meet Americans where they are – confirming and denying information about his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in real time.
