Trump is so frustrated by his Twitter ban that's he's writing out insults and asking aides to tweet them, report says

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Then-President Donald Trump using a cellphone during a roundtable discussion at the White House. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images

  • Trump, barred from Twitter, is writing down "insults and observations," The Daily Beast reported.

  • "He has resorted to suggesting put-downs for others to use or post to their own Twitter," it said.

  • Trump is focusing on opponents in the GOP as he tries to retain his hold over the party.

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Former President Donald Trump is so frustrated by being barred from Twitter that he's writing down insults and trying to get aides to post those messages from their own accounts, The Daily Beast reported this week.

Sources close to Trump told the publication that he saw the political fate of Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-most-powerful Republican in Congress, as key to his hold over the GOP.

Cheney was one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump over the Capitol riot on January 6.

But Trump was deprived of his most important tool for rallying supporters and attacking opponents when Twitter permanently suspended him from its platform in the wake of the insurrection.

Deprived of his usual platform, Trump has instead "written out insults and observations, several of them about Cheney," and, unable to tweet them himself, "he has resorted to suggesting put-downs for others to use or post to their own Twitter," The Daily Beast wrote, paraphrasing a source.

Trump has previously claimed that he owed his election to the presidency to his ability to communicate directly with voters via Twitter. As president, he would tweet from early morning to late at night, stirring conflict with critics and opponents, and praising allies and supporters.

Read more: Inside the 7-minute virtual workouts the Biden transition team used to stay connected as staffers prepared to demolish Trump's policies

Before the ban, Twitter has restricted or labeled as misleading dozens of Trump tweets as he spread conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

In recent weeks, a rift had widened in the Republican Party between lawmakers who want to rid it of Trump's influence in the wake of the Capitol riot, and others who have steadfastly defended the former president in spite of it.

A group of Trump loyalists had moved to remove Cheney from her position as House Republican Conference Chair following her impeachment vote, but in a closed-door vote held on Wednesday, Cheney survived the bid to oust her from the role.

Trump has given his support to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, whom Democrats have called to be expelled from Congress after comments emerged in which she expressed support for violence against Democrats and for a range of right-wing conspiracy theories.

At the Wednesday GOP meeting where lawmakers voted for Cheney to remain in her leadership role, a number of House Republicans reportedly gave Greene a standing ovation after she defended herself.

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