OnPolitics: Trump vs. social media
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Shocking news out of Haiti today: Unidentified gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in their home early Wednesday, an attack President Joe Biden described as "very worrisome."
As he boarded Air Force One on Wednesday morning, Biden said, "We need a lot more information, but it’s very worrisome about the state of Haiti."
Haiti's ambassador to the United States, Bocchit Edmond, said he has asked the White House for assistance in the investigation.
Meanwhile in the U.S., a former president is once again making headlines.
It's Mabinty, with the news of the day.
Trump strikes back at social media
Donald Trump said Wednesday he sued the top officials of Facebook and Twitter for keeping him off social media.
In a news conference from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, the former president said his class-action lawsuit filed in South Florida targets CEOs Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Jack Dorsey of Twitter and Sundar Pichai of Google and Alphabet.
"We are going to hold Big Tech very accountable," Trump said.
Does he stand a chance? Probably not.
Legal analysts said the former president's class-action lawsuit has virtually no chance of success. Facebook and Twitter are private companies with the right to moderate their platforms, legal analysts said, and Trump's lawsuit looks to be more of a political maneuver and fundraising opportunity.
In more Trump-related news: The former president reportedly praised Adolf Hitler to his then-chief of staff John Kelly, according to a report in The Guardian.
“Well, Hitler did a lot of good things," Trump allegedly said during a 2018 trip to Europe to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, the Wall Street Journal's Michael Bender writes in his book "Frankly, We Did Win This Election."
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An escaped princess returned with help from the FBI
How Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum found his daughter, Princess Latifa – whose full name is Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum, has been a mystery for more than three years – until now.
A USA TODAY investigation established that the FBI, responding to an urgent plea from the powerful Dubai leader's office, provided assistance essential to her capture.
The FBI obtained and provided data about the yacht's location to the Dubai government after officials there claimed the princess had been kidnapped and needed emergency aid to secure her release, according to multiple people familiar with the FBI's role in the highly sensitive operation.
USA TODAY's sources said they believe the FBI was misled about her circumstances aboard the yacht, prompting the agents to obtain geolocation data from Nostromo's U.S.-based internet service provider and supply it to the Dubai government.
Keep Haiti in your thoughts and prayers. — Mabinty
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Donald Trump sues Facebook, Twitter for keeping him off social media
