Trump returns to Twitter after 21 months, Musk restores account on public opinion
Former US President Donald Trump is back on Twitter. Twitter’s new boss Elon Musk posted a Twitter poll on restoring Trump’s account. He had asked whether President Trump’s account should be restored. Yes or no
More than 15 million users took part in the voting and 52% answered yes and 48% said no. After the poll was over, the Twitter boss wrote: ‘Vox populi, vox Dei’ – a Latin phrase meaning ‘the voice of the people is the voice of God’.
Trump returns after 21 months
After January 6, 2021, when Trump’s account was suspended, he had more than 88 million followers. The account has been activated again after 21 months at around 06.30 am on Sunday. Within 50 minutes of account restoration, Trump had more than one million followers.
Although it is not yet clear whether the former President will be active on Twitter again. This is because in the past, he had said that he has no plans to come on Twitter and has also made his own social media platform Truth Social.
Trump’s account was suspended in 2021
After the Capitol Hill violence in 2021, Donald Trump called his supporters who committed violence on Twitter as revolutionaries. After this he had said that he would not go to the Presidential Inauguration (Biden’s swearing-in) to be held on January 20, 2021. Taking action on this, Twitter suspended his account forever.
What did Twitter say in the blog post?
Twitter had said in its blog post, we had already said that if Trump ignores Twitter’s policy even further and makes provocative tweets, he will take strict action against them. Even after that he made inflammatory tweets. We have said earlier also that the account of any big leader is not above our rules. In the post, Twitter had also inserted Trump’s tweets and also wrote his analysis, which became the reason for the permanent suspension of his account.
Musk supporters of free speech
In the past, during the Twitter deal, Elon Musk insisted on activating such accounts along with Trump, which have been banned for various reasons. Musk has always described himself as a big supporter of free speech. Even when Twitter banned former US President Donald Trump, Elon Musk had said that he wanted to improve the platform.
Trump praised Musk
Some time ago Donald Trump said that he is not returning to Twitter. In an interview to Fox News, Trump had said, “I will stick to my social media platform Truth.” During this, while praising Musk, Donald Trump said that he is a good man and he hopes that he will improve Twitter.
These companies also suspended Trump’s account
Donald Trump was also suspended by Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, Twitch and other internet companies. Musk’s decision could also make it easier for other major social media platforms like Facebook to reinstate Trump. Facebook’s parent company Meta said it would reconsider its decision in January 2023.
