During the Trump administration, "Twitter governance" became a major political feature, and many important news was transmitted to the outside world through Trump's official account. Trump has always believed that some media in the United States have a certain degree of "negativity" in their reports on themselves, but the use of instant social tools such as Twitter can achieve direct communication with netizens and help them better understand the policies they are pursuing.
Trump's use of Twitter is undoubtedly the best endorsement, helping to boost twitter's popularity and attract popularity. But everything changed after Trump's defeat in the election, and Trump's account was permanently banned for allegedly inciting violence.
Twitter officials believe that the violent riot that occurred in the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was caused by Trump's inflammatory remarks on Twitter, and after the riot, Trump also expressed sympathy and support for the rioters on Twitter.
However, a year later, the incident recently took a turn for the better. On the 25th, Twitter reached an acquisition agreement with Musk, the world's richest man, and Musk will complete the acquisition of Twitter for $54.2 per share, a total of $44 billion, achieving absolute control of the company.
After the news of the acquisition came out, Twitter's stock price also rose in response. It rose 5.7% on the 25th to $51.70 per share, 40% higher than the previous trading day. But overall it is still lower than Musk's purchase price of $54.2 per share, and many people think that Musk's business has suffered a loss. However, some analysts believe that Twitter's stock price reached a maximum of $70 a share last year, and Musk's quotation is still in a reasonable range, and there is still a certain upward potential in the long run.
But for Musk, the consideration of commercial revenue is only one aspect, it is originally a Twitter fanatical user, with more than 80 million fans and quite sharp remarks. Musk hopes to push Twitter's change through this move, so that people can "speak freely" on Twitter, make Twitter more "decentralized", and further open up technical algorithms.
Although Twitter's practice of banning Trump's account has been supported by many people, it is a big shock to the freedom of speech advocated by the United States. After Musk became Twitter's largest shareholder, Republicans saw the hope of Twitter that brought Trump back and asked him to help Trump unblock the account and give him a chance to speak out again.
Musk has a good personal relationship with Trump, and when Musk was deeply involved in the allegations of Tesla securities fraud, Trump also came forward to defend him and express support. After Musk's successful acquisition of Twitter, Trump also sent his blessings and said musk is a good person.
Musk has become Twitter's largest shareholder, and undoubtedly has a great say in the issue of unbanning Trump's account. But before Musk could respond to this issue, Trumbu first expressed his position on this issue in a media interview on the 25th. He said he would no longer use Twitter and would continue to use his home-developed TRUTH social tool to communicate with netizens.
TRUTH is Trump's own social media, developed by the Trump Media & Technology Group, whose full name is TRUE Social. The software was officially launched on the Apple App Store in February this year, and it had a high popularity at the beginning of the launch, becoming the most downloaded free app at that time. From the very beginning of its establishment, TRUTH has had the meaning of competing with Twitter and has become Trump's new speech position.
However, the operation of this software is not satisfactory, the application itself has many problems, the user experience is very poor, often can not be used and registration is not successful problems, and only compatible with Apple systems. Recently, two key executives of the company have resigned one after another, which has a great impact on the operation of the application. Due to the influence of many factors, the download volume of this software has plummeted.
But even if its own app does not operate well, according to Trump's character, it will not return to Twitter again. If you choose to return, it is equivalent to punching yourself in the face, and he himself has made it clear that he has denied this possibility. Regardless of whether Musk will push back to unblock Trump's account, it is almost a foregone conclusion that Trump will not return to Twitter.