A photo illustration shows the suspended Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump on a smartphone and a lit window in the White House residence in Washington, U.S., January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Illustration/File Photo
Donald Trump declared on Saturday that he had no interest in returning to Twitter, despite the fact that a slim majority of voters in a poll conducted by Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk supported his reinstatement after he was banned for inciting violence.
51.8% of the little more than 15 million Twitter users who participated in the poll chose to support reinstatement.
“The conversation is over. Trump will regain his position, “Tweeted by Musk.
Trump’s Twitter account, which had over 88 million followers before he was banned on Jan. 8, 2021, began accumulating followers and had nearly 100,000 followers by 10pm ET Saturday. Some users initially reported being unable to follow the reinstated account on Saturday evening.
Trump had appeared less than keen earlier in the day.
“I don’t see any reason for it,” the former president said via video when asked whether he planned to return to Twitter by a panel at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual leadership meeting.
Trump, who on Tuesday launched a bid to regain the White House in 2024, praised Musk and said he had always liked him. But Trump also said Twitter suffered from bots, fake accounts and that the problems it faced were “incredible”.
Additionally, he stated that unless there was a “clear method for doing so,” Twitter would not restore any banned users. View More
Musk, though, reinstated comedian Kathy Griffin last week after she had been suspended for violating his new policy against impersonation by changing her profile name to “Elon Musk” without making it clear that it was a parody account. There is no fresh information on the moderation council or the process.
