Donald Trump is allowed back on his longtime social media app of choice: Twitter. Twitter’s new CEO and owner, Elon Musk, announced the decision in a tweet on Saturday evening, in a reversal of the company’s previous permanent suspension of the former president. The decision comes just days after Trump announced his candidacy for president in the 2024 election.
The people have spoken.
Trump will be reinstated.
Vox Populi, Vox Dei. https://t.co/jmkhFuyfkv
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 20, 2022
Musk’s tweet followed a poll he had posted Friday on Twitter saying, “Reinstate former President Trump” that let users vote “Yes” or “No.” At the time Musk announced his decision, around 52 percent of over 15 million respondents on his poll voted in favor of bringing Trump back and 48 percent voted against.
Trump’s account became active soon after Musk’s announcement, and his tweets became visible again. As of Saturday night, Trump had not posted any new tweets.
In the months after Trump was banned from Twitter, there was a precipitous drop in the amount that people talked about him across major social media platforms. Now, as Trump returns to the platform, it remains to be seen whether the former president can command the attention he has in the past.
