Donald Trump account reappears on Twitter after Elon Musk reinstatement
Donald Trump’s once-blocked Twitter account reappeared on the platform, minutes after company owner Elon Musk announced he was lifting the 22-month suspension on the former president over incitement of violence.
Musk said Sunday that Donald Trump would be allowed back on Twitter after the site’s new owner ran a poll in which a narrow majority of 15 million voters supported the move.
“The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated,” Musk tweeted of the former US president’s account, which was banned last year after a mob of his supporters attacked the US Capitol.
Musk had launched a Twitter poll wherein he asked users to vote on the reinstatement of Trump’s account.
51.8% of Twitter users voted for the reinstatement of Trump on Twitter, while 48.2% of users were against it.
Trump was banned from Twitter, his preferred method of communicating to the masses, in the wake of the events at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Since then, the former US President has been active on his social networking app, Truth Social.
However, Trump’s account — dormant since days after the January 6, 2021 — was visible to users on Sunday after more than 680 days.
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Donald Trump’s once-blocked Twitter account reappeared on the platform, minutes after company owner Elon Musk announced he was lifting the 22-month suspension on the former president over incitement of violence.
Musk said Sunday that Donald Trump would be allowed back on Twitter after the site’s new owner ran a poll in which a narrow majority of 15 million voters supported the move.
“The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated,” Musk tweeted of the former US president’s account, which was banned last year after a mob of his supporters attacked the US Capitol.
Musk had launched a Twitter poll wherein he asked users to vote on the reinstatement of Trump’s account.
51.8% of Twitter users voted for the reinstatement of Trump on Twitter, while 48.2% of users were against it.
Trump was banned from Twitter, his preferred method of communicating to the masses, in the wake of the events at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Since then, the former US President has been active on his social networking app, Truth Social.
However, Trump’s account — dormant since days after the January 6, 2021 — was visible to users on Sunday after more than 680 days.
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