Ex-President Donald Trump appears rather pleased by Elon Musk taking over social media company Twitter earlier this week after closing on his $44 billion deal. Fans will probably recall that Trump was infamously banned from Twitter back in January 2021 over believes he had excused the violence caused by his mob of supporters at Capitol Hill, which reportedly resulted in five deaths and dozens of people injured.
While there’s been no mention of whether Trump will want to rejoin the platform now that Musk has taken over, the New Yorker said that the acquisition has now put Twitter in sane hands. “I am very happy that Twitter is now in sane hands, and will no longer be run by Radical Left Lunatics and Maniacs that truly hate our country,” he said on Truth Social, a social media app that’s run by his associates.
Elon Musk is removing life time suspensions on Twitter!
Trump , Alex Jones , Andrew Tate , Leafy & Jayln will be returning. #DramaAlert
— KEEM 🍿 (@KEEMSTAR) October 28, 2022
“Twitter must now work hard to rid itself of all of the bots and fake accounts that have hurt it so badly. It will be much smaller, but better. I LOVE TRUTH!” And given Musk’s past comments in May, when he said he would reverse Trump’s ban if his bid to purchase Twitter was to be approved, it seems more than likely Trump’s account will be reinstated after all.
“I would reverse the ‘permaban,’” Musk said while speaking with the Financial Times. It also appeared as if the world’s richest man was not quite agreeing with some of the actions that were taken by executives at Twitter, who he says should not have permanently restricted Trump from his account.
“I do think it was not correct to ban Donald Trump,” Musk explained, adding that it’s better to have a debate on one platform than to divide people — with Trump and his followers having since moved over to Truth Social.
After trump is unbanned by Elon what should His first tweet be?
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) October 26, 2022
“I think that was a mistake because 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, as will a large part of the, sort of the right in the United States. And so I think this could end up being, frankly, worse than having a single forum where everyone can debate.”
Meanwhile, after his deal was finalized last night, Musk wasted no time in firing a string of key figures at the company, including chief executive Parag Agrawal, general counsel Vijaya Gadde, and chief financial officer Ned Segal.