Trump launches official website, teases his return to social media

Donald Trump is back online — but not yet back on social media.

The former president launched an official website, 45office.com, for his post-presidency office on Monday. The website allows the public to submit messages, scheduling requests and press inquiries to Trump and former first lady Melania Trump.

Trump also says he’ll be back on social media, this time on his own platform, in the next few months.

Trump has been off Twitter since January, when the social media giant suspended his account after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a riot that resulted in five deaths. His Facebook and Instagram accounts were also suspended.

Also on Monday, Trump blasted two of his most prominent coronavirus advisers. He called Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx “two self-promoters trying to reinvent history.”

In a statement Monday night, Trump called Fauci

“the king of ‘flip-flops’ and accused Fauci of “moving the goalposts to make himself look as good as possible.” Fauci is the chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden.

Birx managed the Trump administration’s response to the pandemic. In the statement, he called her “a proven liar with very little credibility left.”

Trump was responding to a documentary that aired on CNN on Sunday. In the film, Birx said the U.S. did not act aggressively enough to fight the spread of the coronavirus, saying deaths “could have been mitigated or decreased substantially” after the initial wave.

Fauci told CNN it seemed like the Trump virus team was “fighting with each other rather than fighting the virus.”

In his statement, Trump said “Dr. Fauci would always talk negatively about (Birx) and, in fact, would ask not to be in the same room with her.”