All eyes on Trump’s Twitter account after Musk reinstates him. Donald Trump has seemingly rejected returning to Twitter, but as he embarks on a new presidential campaign, will he be able to resist? All eyes were on his account Sunday for any activity, after it was reinstated by the platform’s new owner Elon Musk.
Twitter had issued a “permanent” ban on Trump in the wake of the January 6, 2021 attack by his supporters on the US Capitol, as he sought to overturn his election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
But Musk, who describes himself as a “free speech absolutist,” posted a Twitter poll Saturday that saw a majority support the former president’s reinstatement, and the platform’s new owner wasted no time in acting on it.
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As of 11:30 am EST (1630 GMT) Sunday, the revived account of the “45th President of the United States of America,” with its blue “verified” checkmark, had not posted any new messages.
The last message dates from January 8, 2021, when the billionaire said he would not attend Biden’s inauguration ceremony.
On the same day, Twitter banned the account, which was being followed by some 88.8 million people, citing the risk of further incitement to violence.
