Twitter CEO Elon Musk He wrote on Twitter on Saturday evening that former President Donald Trump would return to Twitter after a poll he posted on his social networking platform led to the majority of users supporting the idea.
“People have spoken,” Musk said He tweeted Saturday night. Trump will be reinstated. Fox Boboli and Fox Day.
Musk’s tweet came 24 hours after he posted a poll asking Twitter users if Trump, who was kicked off the platform by a previous ownership after the January 6, 2021 Capitol Hill riot, should be allowed back on the platform.
More than 15 million people responded to the poll, with 51.8% of users saying they want Trump back on Twitter.
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The tweets on Trump’s old Twitter account @realdonaldTrump were available shortly after Musk’s announcement.
On the flip side, 48.2% of respondents said they never want to see Trump again on Twitter.
At one point as the results rolled in, Musk said the poll got 1 million votes an hour.
Musk said on Twitter that 134 million people viewed the poll.
It is unclear whether Trump would accept the opportunity to return to the platform after setting up his own social media company, Truth Social, and Saying earlier this year He will not return to Twitter.
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Trump: “I’m not going to Twitter, I’m going to stay true to the truth” Fox News said in April. “I hope Elon buys Twitter because he’s going to make improvements to it and he’s a good guy, but I’m going to stay true.”
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A Trump spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Musk has faced near-constant criticism since he took over the platform last month as he fired most of its senior leadership and staff, overhauled the platform’s subscription and verification system and announced a number of changes to moderation.
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