Elon Musk, left, and Wendell P. Weeks, center, listen to President Donald Trump as he meets business leaders at the White House on Monday, January 23, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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‘s Twitter The most famous banned user, former President Donald Trump, welcomes the new feature of the platform Ownership of billionaire Elon Muskwho has previously said he doesn’t believe in a permanent suspension.
“I’m so glad Twitter is now in healthy hands and will no longer be run by Left-wing tyrants and people who really hate our country,” Trump wrote on his Truth social account. , a Twitter-like platform run by Trump Media. & Technology Corporation.
Trump did not mention the possibility of returning to the platform. Musk has said he would lift Trump’s permanent suspension, Twitter installed after the January 6, 2021 uprising at the US Capitol after its leadership feared further violence could stem from Trump’s tweets. Musk says he’s more in favor of temporary measures.
Trump, for his part, said a few months ago that he won’t come back to the platform even as Musk reverses the ban. He began his message on Friday by touting Truth Social and claiming without proof or specifics that the fledgling platform “had a larger number” last week “than all other platforms, including TikTok, Twitter, Facebook and the rest.”
“Twitter must now work hard to get rid of all the bots and fake accounts that have hurt it so badly,” Trump wrote on Friday. “It will be much smaller, but better.”
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