It’s official. Trump’s Twitter account is active again.
Late on Friday, Elon Musk posted a poll on Twitter asking his followers whether they thought the former U.S. president Donald Trump’s account should be reinstated. According to early findings, nearly 60% of respondents agreed.
Musk tweeted the Latin phrase “Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” which roughly translates as “the voice of the people is the voice of God.” There was a 24-hour polling period.
Musk, Twitter’s new owner, declared in May that he would lift the suspension of Trump’s account after the occurrence at the U.S. Capitol last year.
Musk indicated earlier in the day that the decision to reinstate Trump’s account had not yet been taken and that Twitter has reinstated several contentious accounts that had been suspended or banned, such as Jordan Peterson, comedian Kathy Griffin, and the satirical website Babylon Bee.
In April of this year, when the rumors of the billionaire’s takeover initially started to circulate, Trump said that he was “going to stay on Truth.” “I hope Elon buys Twitter because he’ll make improvements to it and he is a good man, but I am going to be staying on Truth,” Trump stated. “The bottom line is, no, I am not going back to Twitter.”
Turns out, Trump may have a change of heart. On Saturday while waiting for the poll results, the former president posted the following on his own platform Truth Social: “Vote now with positivity, but don’t worry, we [Truth Social] aren’t going anywhere. Truth Social is special!”
But today, Donald J Trump’s Twitter account is active again at @realDonaldTrump Don’t be fooled by the fakes, see it for yourself at his official Twitter page: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump
