Twitter suspended Trump’s account after the January 2021 takeover of Congress. The company’s current owner, Elon Musk, returned Trump’s account in November of last year.
Former President of the United States Donald Trump has made a return to Twitter, now known as X.
Trump tweeted for the first time after a 2.5 year hiatus. The previous tweet on Trump’s account was published on January 8, 2021.
The message contains an arrest photo of Trump taken in Georgia and the text “Meddling in elections [tai vaalihäirintä]. never give up [tai antaudu]!” and a link to his website.
As of six in the morning Finnish time, Trump’s X account had 86.6 million followers and his new message had been seen by more than 22 million users.
Twitter suspended his account after the January 2021 takeover of Congress. The company justified its decision with the risk of inciting violence in the future.
Twitter was a very important communication channel for Trump. After closing his account, he founded his own Truth social service.
Bought by Twitter last year Elon Musk returned this account to Trump in November.
Musk’s decision was preceded by a Twitter poll on restoring Trump’s account.
News agency AFP reported at the time that around 15 million Twitter users voted to restore Trump’s account. According to AFP, those who voted in favor of restoring the account had a narrow majority.
Trump’s account reappeared on the messaging service shortly after Musk’s announcement. Trump said at the time in the interviewthat he plans to stick with his own Truth Social platform and sees no reason to return to Twitter.
Source: AP