A survey launched on the social network by its new boss raised 51.8 % of votes favorable to the return of the former American president. He had been banished in January 2021 shortly after the Capitole assault by his supporters.
MO12345LEMONDE with AFP
Donald Trump’s Twitter account is accessible again. “The people expressed themselves. Trump will be restored”, tweeted, Sunday, November 20, Elon Musk The new boss of Twitter after launching a survey on this subject with his subscribers.
More than fifteen million responded and 51.8 % voted in favor of the “yes” on the return of the republican politician on the platform from which he had been banished after the Capitole assault by his supporters in Washington, in January 2021, due to a “risk of new incentives for violence”.
A few minutes after Elon Musk’s message, Donald Trump’s account was again visible, the last tweet dating from January 8, 2021. Since the reopening, the number of subscribers, which seems to be back to zero, goes up Arrow, reaching two million shortly after 3 am, Sunday, Paris time. 2> a resonance fund of 88 million subscribers
Elon Musk had suggested when it was launched Friday evening that the survey’s result could influence a decision on the return or not of the former head of state on the social network since he had accompanied him to the message “Vox Populi , Vox dei “(The voice of the people is the voice of God). The new boss of Twitter had started this consultation a few hours after having restored, in the name of freedom of expression, other suspended user accounts.
Elon Musk had already mentioned in May a possible return from the former republican president, believing that this sanction constituted “a badly morally and insane decision”. While many criticisms fear that the contents are no longer sufficiently moderate on the social network, the multimillionaire was expected at the turn on the subject.
Such a decision should arouse waves in American society and politics, especially since Donald Trump again launched in the White House race for 2024. While rejoicing that with Elon Musk, Twitter is “in good hands”, Donald Trump said in recent days that he would remain on his Truth Social network, even if this platform only offers him a small resonance fund compared to Twitter where he was more of 88 million subscribers.
“A sacred character”
During an intervention by video on Saturday at a rally of the coalition of the Republican Jews in Las Vegas, Donald Trump praised the initiative, as well as Elon Musk.
“I like him (…). You know, he’s a hell of a character and I like the sacred characters,” he said. But he argued that he now had his own network, and about the possibility of returning to Twitter, he estimated: “I do not believe because I see no reason to do it.”
On Truth Social, he had encouraged his subscribers to “vote with positivity” at the survey launched by Elon Musk, before adding: “But don’t worry, we are not going anywhere. Truth social is special.”