The former president’s new website at www.donaldjtrump.com/desk will allow him to post comments, photos and videos as well as allow his followers to share articles on Twitter and Facebook. However, the site does not have the function of allowing users to "reply" or participate in Trump's posts.

Trump's advisers previously said the former US president plans to create his own social media platform after he was banned by Twitter and suspended by Facebook and YouTube after the Capitol riots in January.