Twitter CEO Elon Musk reinstated former President Trump’s Twitter on Saturday evening, shortly after Musk announced he would restore the account.
The move ended a ban that started nearly two years ago in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Musk made the decision following a Twitter poll on Friday in which a narrow majority voted in favor of reinstating the former president’s account.
“The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” Musk said in a tweet, quoting the Latin phrase meaning “The voice of the people is the voice of God.”
It remains to be seen whether the former president will return to the social media platform. After Trump was banned from Twitter, he created his own platform, Truth Social.
While Trump welcomed Musk’s takeover of Twitter three weeks ago, he initially said he plans to stay on Truth Social.
“I am staying on Truth,” the former president said. “I like it better. I like the way it works. I like Elon, but I’m staying on Truth.”
Ending the ban is only the latest news to come from Musk’s chaotic transition at Twitter following his $44 billion acquisition of the company in late October.
Hundreds of employees quit on Thursday after the billionaire issued an ultimatum — either commit to a “hardcore” work environment or leave. The New York Times reported on Friday that internal estimates showed at least 1,200 employees had resigned. That came after Musk laid off about half of the company’s 7,500-person workforce in his first week.
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#BREAKING: Elon Musk to reinstate Trump’s Twitter account https://t.co/dKk41LSa4P pic.twitter.com/sJ9iTQPEhi
— The Hill (@thehill) November 20, 2022
Reinstating Trump is shiny object to distract from the fact that Elon is in over his head.
— Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (@malcolmkenyatta) November 20, 2022
Keep in mind trump wasn’t suspended for being a meanie. He was suspended for lighting an insurrection and when it failed tweeting “this is what you get…”
Lies lies lies with a price. But hey at least Elon gets approval from the alt right. $44 billion dollar troll. https://t.co/3nzg4q17fY
— Adam Kinzinger #fella (@AdamKinzinger) November 20, 2022
Musk wanted a way to put Trump back on Twitter while avoiding any responsibility for making the decision to put Trump back on Twitter.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 20, 2022
We only missed Elon Musk's "Should we let Timothy McVeigh back on Twitter?" poll by 21 years.
— Mr. Newberger (@jeremynewberger) November 20, 2022
Former President Trump: "I hear we're getting a big vote to also go back on Twitter. I don't see it because I don't see any reason for it." https://t.co/h1prfPgOPn pic.twitter.com/b7ZXV05Fiy
— The Hill (@thehill) November 20, 2022
With Trump back on Twitter,
it’s a good time to watch this Jan 6 hearing. It covers each of Trump’s tweets that day, including those that have been deleted, and features multiple Trump WH staff describing his inexcusable conduct during the violence. https://t.co/pVSGKf5q0P— Rep. Liz Cheney (@RepLizCheney) November 20, 2022
As far as I can tell, Trump hasn’t tweeted anything new yet. Hard to say since there are a couple of “official” Trump accounts plus a few that are likely fake. The last tweet on an “official” Trump account is from right after 1/6. I have heard that at least one, maybe more of his tweets around 1/6 has been scrubbed, but I don’t know if it’s true. I do think, however, that the 1/6 Committee has screen captures of his tweets at that time. As someone said, the internet is forever. You can try to delete something, but it still exists somewhere.
Well, this will certainly reassure the advertisers. https://t.co/QZcM8q5PhZ
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 21, 2022
"You are reading this, and I am writing it, because a very rich man who desperately wants people to pay attention to him posted an easily rigged poll on the website he’d just bought for $44 billion." @qjurecic on Trump's reinstatement to Twitter: https://t.co/jO9jmkW3GL
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) November 20, 2022
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