Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has no interest in returning to Twitter — even though Elon Musk reinstated his account.
If you recall, Trump was banned from the service for inciting violence.
Elon tweeted a poll asking users whether or not Trump’s account should be reinstated and 51.8% of the alleged audience said yes.
“The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated,” Elon tweeted.
via Reuters:
Trump’s Twitter account, which had over 88 million followers before he was banned on Jan. 8, 2021, began accumulating followers and had nearly 100,000 followers by 10pm ET Saturday. Some users initially reported being unable to follow the reinstated account on Saturday evening.
Trump had appeared less than keen earlier in the day.
“I don’t see any reason for it,” the former president said via video when asked whether he planned to return to Twitter by a panel at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual leadership meeting.
He said he would stick with his new platform Truth Social, the app developed by his Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) startup, which he said had better user engagement than Twitter and was doing “phenomenally well”.
Twitter did not respond to a request for comment.
Trump, who on Tuesday launched a bid to regain the White House in 2024, praised Musk and said he had always liked him. But Trump also said Twitter suffered from bots, fake accounts and that the problems it faced were “incredible”.
Yuck.
