United States: Twitter users voted for Donald Trump's return to the social network
On November 19, 2022, Twitter again made former US President Donald Trump's account public.
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In the United States, Twitter users decided on November 19: they declared themselves in favor of Donald Trump's return to their favorite social network.
It was Elon Musk himself who asked them the question.
The new Twitter boss was outraged that the former president's account was closed in January 2021 for fear of "
risk of further incitement to violence
".
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With our correspondent in New York,
Carrie Nooten
Donald Trump's return to Twitter is not at all certain, because the fifteen million Internet users who responded to Elon Musk's survey in 24 hours voted 52% for Donald Trump's return to the social network. , 48% against.
A result that remains very polarized.
“
The people have spoken.
Trump will be restored
, ”tweeted the American entrepreneur after the result of a survey launched among his subscribers on November 19.
A few minutes later, the account of the former president was again visible on the social network.
The people have spoken.
Trump will be reinstated.
Vox Populi vox dei.
https://t.co/jmkhFuyfkv
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 20, 2022
On February 21, 2022, Donald Trump opened
Truth Social
, his own social network to be able to gather and speak to his fans.
This Saturday, he said he wasn't convinced a return to Twitter would make sense for his favorite audience.
“
Go back to Twitter?
I don't see it happening, because I don't see any reason for it.
Twitter has plenty of problems.
Look what happens there: maybe he will succeed in solving them, but maybe not.
But the problems are enormous, and the interactions are negative.
While Truth Social has taken up space, there are a lot of people, and I don't think they will return to Twitter.
»
This declaration is all the more penalizing for Twitter since
Donald Trump officially declared himself a presidential candidate for 2024
on November 15 and one might think that the former president is seeking to multiply the channels of communication.
Elon Musk said he would reopen the
@realdonaldtrump
account no matter what.
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