Elon Musk actually wanted to unblock controversial accounts until an advisory committee was founded. But now, after a survey, he is bringing back Donald Trump's profile.
Twitter has restored former President Donald Trump's Twitter account, which was suspended in January 2021 (we reported HERE ). Trump's profile was available again on Twitter on Saturday evening. You can see the last tweet from January 8, 2021.
Twitter unblocks former President Trump's account
Shortly before the activation, Elon Musk announced the activation after a survey among users of the short message service. Shortly before the poll deadline, Trump confirmed that he wanted to stick with his in-house Twitter copy, Truth Social.
Elon Musk announced in May 2022 that he would like to offer former US President Donald Trump a platform on Twitter again after his planned Twitter takeover. The decision to ban D. Trump was “ morally wrong and just plain stupid ,” Musk criticized in a video interview at a “Financial Times” event on May 10, 2022.
Trump's account, which previously had more than 80 million followers on Twitter, had its follower count reset to zero. Just a few minutes after it was activated, the profile “ @realDonaldTrump ” was followed by more than a million Twitter users.
“The people have spoken”
Musk started the survey, which is scheduled to last 24 hours, with a tweet on Saturday night. “The people have spoken,” wrote the new Twitter boss about his decision. A narrow majority of 51.8 percent were in favor of Trump's return.

Trump himself has repeatedly said he doesn't want to return to Twitter. He likes it much better with his in-house Twitter copy “Truth Social”. On Saturday he also recommended that his supporters there take part in the survey, but wrote: “We are not going anywhere. Truth Social is special!”
Facebook, where Trump has also been blocked since January 2021, wants to decide in January 2023 whether the ex-president could be offered a return.
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