Donald Trump may want to stay off Twitter today. Oh wait, he’s still banned.
permanently suspended from Twitter in 2021, just 11 days before he left office, and two days after the Capitol insurrection.“After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” Twitter said in a statement at the time.Related: Just when we didn’t think things could get worse for Truth Social, this happened…Musk, meanwhile, has been a constant fixture on Twitter, and also one of its biggest critics.
In addition to posting corporate updates, memes, and important messages like “Oh hi lol”, he’s also complained about free speech on the platform.On Monday, he announced via an SEC filing that he’d purchased a 9.2 percent stake in the company, making him Twitter’s largest individual shareholder.He also said, on Twitter of course, that he’d be using his new influence to push for “significant improvements.”Looking forward to working with Parag & Twitter board to make significant improvements to Twitter in coming months!— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 5, 2022That led some users who apparently miss Trump’s brand of Twitter derangement to lobby for his return.Hey @elonmusk it's simple #BringBackTrump Remove all the TDS crazy liberal snowflake executives @Twitter— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) April 5, 2022But it took roughly zero seconds for the hashtag to veer in a slightly different direction.
Here’s what these users want to “bring back Trump” for:#BringBackTrump to stand trial for #January6th. #TrumpIsACriminal #TrumpCoupAttempt pic.twitter.com/2MaljUmS4R— MixedDem (@MixedDem) April 5, 2022#BringBackTrump and give him another cognitive assessment to see if he can look at these 6 photos and tell.
