Elon Musk started a Twitter poll inviting supporters to vote on whether to reinstate ex-US President Donald Trump’s account on the platform, with early results demonstrating around 55 per cent voting yes.
Elon Musk tweeted ‘Vox Populi’, Vox Dei’, a Latin phrase that roughly means ‘the voice of the people is the voice of God’, and the poll, which had about six million votes as of 2 am EST Saturday, was open for 24 hours.
It’s unclear if Elon Must intends to abide by its result, with the billionaire well known for his pranks and subversive behaviour on the social media site and which he just purchased for $44 billion.
Elon Musk, Twitter’s latest owner, said he would reverse Twitter’s prohibition on Donald Trump, whose account was suspended after the January 2020 invasion of the US Capitol, which he was accused of stoking.
Elon Musk said that a decision to bring back Donald Trump’s account was yet to be made but his decision to ask Twitter users for direction on who should be on the platform was part of a monumental restructuring of the business, including enormous dismissals but also seems to be characteristic of his own having fun with his recent $44 billion investment.
On Friday he stated that no decision had been made on welcoming back ex-US President Donald Trump, but Twitter watchers have been following closely to see whether Elon Musk will reinstate Donald Trump.
The reinstatement of accounts expelled for breaking Twitter’s content restraint powers has been seen as a forerunner of where Elon Musk, a self-described free speech absolutist, wants to take the site.
Donald Trump was removed from Twitter on January 8th, 2021, two days following January 6th riot at the Capitol.
The platform first suspended him for 12 hours and for the first time deleted his tweets after he applauded the assembly who stormed Congress after he said he loved them.
He had 80 million supporters at the time, and was a massive fan of the site, using it to remove White House staff and issue broadsides at enemies and other international figures including Kim Jong Un, as well as Greta Thunberg.
One of the deleted tweets read that these were the things and events that occur when a sacred landslide election success was so unceremoniously and maliciously stripped away from great patriots who’ve been poorly and unfairly treated for so long.
Some people would love to see Donald Trump reinstated, but others have said, why would someone who’s being investigated for instigating violence, and who they believe is an unhinged egomaniac.
But then why not let Donald Trump back on the platform – we could do with the entertainment because that’s all it is, entertainment, and he likes to be seen and if he’s not, then he chucks his toys out of his pram, but then Twitter is all about advertising and brainwashing people into buying garbage from Amazon and China.
Donald Trump is an oversized orange messiah, who just lies and makes up stuff, and the mega moron minions eat it all up as God’s truth, and of course, Elon Musk will get more users and eyeballs with Donald Trump, it’s a clever move, and I know that I will have the popcorn ready as people explode on their keyboards. I would only want Donald Trump back for entertainment value though, and in all fairness, I’m particularly looking forward to laughing at Donald Trump’s stupidity again, even if it is short-lived before Twitter tumbles.
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