The painful Truth for Trump's investors

Trump's Twitter knockoff is about as successful as everyone except the suckers predicted

In a way, this is the truth, isn’t it?

There aren’t enough Ls, Os and Ls in the world for this:

After Twitter permanently suspended Trump, the self-proclaimed “Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters” vowed to turn the social media world upside down with a platform of his own. But well more than a year later, his platform has failed to prove it’s ready to cause the kind of disruption he imagined.

Worse, there’s not much public enthusiasm around the current venture. Top figures in Trumpworld are barely using the app — some give the verbal equivalent of a shrug when asked about it — and Trump himself has only posted one “Truth.”

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Truth Social was designed to take on large tech platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter — all of which kicked Trump off their platforms following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. But behind the scenes, many of those close to the former president say they have been left in the dark about the app, its progress, or even who is involved.

And Trump and his i…