After Twitter and Musk reached a $44 billion acquisition agreement on the 25th, former US President Trump, who was previously banned by Twitter due to congressional riots, said on the same day that he would not return to Twitter. So far, Musk has not publicly stated whether he will restore Trump's Twitter account after the acquisition of Twitter.
"The bottom line is, no, I'm not going back to Twitter." On April 25, local time, Trump was interviewed by Fox News, saying that he would not return to Twitter, but would use his own social media as the only platform for voice. The former president told Fox News on the same day that he will officially join the platform, which went live last month, as planned in the next 7 days.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump
Trump told Fox News that he wanted Musk to buy Twitter because he would improve it and he was a good guy. But Trump said his own platform was attracting millions of people, much better than the response to Twitter. He blamed Twitter for having bots and fake accounts.
After the Capitol Hill riots on January 6, 2021, several social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, permanently banned Trump's account. The Twitter company considered some of Trump's tweets related to violent protests inflammatory and warned that the tweets "run the risk of further incitement to violence."
It is worth mentioning that Fox News said that Trump was reluctant to comment on whether he had contact with Musk in the interview.
Trump (left) and Musk pictured from Fox News
Regarding the relationship between Trump and Musk, a source told Fox News that Trump and Musk have a very good relationship. The source said Trump defended Musk in 2018 when the Tesla CEO was accused of securities fraud for posting misleading tweets about potential deals to take Tesla private.
On April 25, local time, the social media platform Twitter accepted Elon Musk's acquisition agreement. Under the deal, Musk will buy Twitter for $54.20 per share, totaling about $44 billion.
Musk tweeted on the same day that he hoped the company would continue to provide a platform for people to express different opinions. In addition, Musk also said that he hopes to make Twitter's algorithm public to clarify the specific logic of content recommendation and blocking.
(Source: World Wide Web)