Ex-Präsident Donald Trump kann sich Hoffnungen machen, rechtzeitig zum Rennen ums Weiße Haus 2024 zu Twitter zurückkehren zu können. Tech-Milliardär Elon Musk, der gerade dabei ist, Twitter zu übernehmen, würde Trump wieder auf die Plattform lassen. Die Entscheidung, Trump zu verbannen, sei „moralisch falsch und einfach nur dumm“ gewesen, kritisierte Musk am Dienstag in einem Videointerview bei einer Veranstaltung der „Financial Times“.

Trump was banned from Twitter after expressing sympathy for his supporters who stormed the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021.

In the previous weeks, Trump had fueled sentiment with baseless claims that an election win against Joe Biden was stolen through fraud.

Trump recently said he didn't want to go back to Twitter, even if he could.

The presence on the platform, where he once had more than 80 million followers, could be important for a possible candidacy in the 2024 presidential election.

Trump used Twitter very actively to mobilize his supporters and create atmosphere.

He is trying to set up his own social media platform, which is struggling with start-up problems.

Musk said Trump's ban on Twitter was a mistake because a large segment of the US public didn't agree with it.

And it didn't mean that the ex-president was no longer able to make himself heard.

It will be some time before it becomes clear whether Musk actually gets Twitter.

The boss of the electric car manufacturer Tesla agreed with the Twitter board of directors on a deal worth around 44 billion dollars, but is still dependent on enough shareholders wanting to cede their shares to him.

Twitter and Musk aim to complete the acquisition by the end of the year.