Elon Musk announced in London on Tuesday that he might reverse the Twitter ban against the former President who used the platform to rile up his fanatic supporters
If the eccentric billionaire does succeed in buying Twitter for a cool $44 billion, he could indeed let Trump back on.
Musk added that Twitter’s ban on Trump ‘was a morally bad decision and foolish in the extreme’.
‘I do think it was not correct to ban Donald Trump,’ added Musk, specifically addressing Trump’s removal from Twitter for the first time since launching his takeover of the company last month.
Remember, Twitter banned Trump two days after his rioters attacked the Capitol, saying at the time that after a review of how Trump’s tweets ‘are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter’ that it had banned his account ‘due to the risk of further incitement of violence.’
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‘It alienated a large part of the country, and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice. He is now going to be on Truth Social,’ said Musk. ‘So I think this may end up being frankly worse than having a single forum where everyone can debate. I guess the answer is that I would reverse the permanent ban.’
Trump started his own media company — Truth Social — which has been beset with problems since its inception.
Trump had previously said that he had no intention of rejoining Twitter even if his account was reinstated, telling Fox News last month that he would instead focus on his own platform, Truth Social.
‘I am not going on Twitter. I am going to stay on Truth,’ Trump told the network. ‘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.’