Donald Trump’s Twitter account is back after poll votes to overturn his ban | US News

Donald Trump is back on Twitter after an online poll voted in favor of his return.

The platform’s new owner, Elon Musk, had announced Saturday night that the former president would be reinstated following the vote, almost two years after he was ousted following the Jan. 6 US Capitol riots.

When the former US President heard the news, he had originally said he was not interested in rejoining, but later on Saturday a blue tick verified account appeared with the name “@RealDonald Trump, 45th President of the United States of America” and the words “He’s Back” were trending in the US.

The Twitter poll, accompanied by the words “Vox Populi, Vox Dei” — a Latin phrase meaning “The voice of the people is the voice of God” — had urged users to vote on whether Mr Trump should be allowed to return, and the Result was that he should.

More than 15 million votes were cast, but the former president told a rally Saturday night: “I see no reason to (return) to it.”

He said he will stay with his new social media platform, Truth Social.

Mr Trump has been permanently suspended Twitter in January 2021 after his followers attacked the US Capitol several people lost their lives.

Twitter said the decision following the riot was “due to the risk of further inciting violence”.

However, Mr musk Earlier this year called the ban a “mistake” and “morally wrong”.

The reinstatement poll was close – the yes vote was 51.8%, the no, 48.2%.

Many on the right of the political spectrum have long argued that Twitter and other social media sites are biased against their views and quick to “deplat” them.

After his exit Mr Trump founded Truth Social – his own social media platform, which was almost a copy of Twitter.

Meanwhile, an estimated hundreds of Twitter employees have decided to leave the company after Musk announced employees would agree to longer, more intense work patterns or quit.

The exodus adds to the rapid change and chaos that has marked Mr Musk’s first three weeks as Twitter owner, during which the company’s workforce had already been more than halved to around 3,700 through layoffs and other departures.

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With so many of Twitter’s employees now gone, there is speculation that the site will crash during the World Cup — one of the site’s busiest events.

Many high-profile celebrities with blue ticks have tweeted goodbyes on the “just in case” platform.

To compound Mr Musk’s business woes, Tesla is recalling more than 300,000 vehicles in the US because a software bug can cause the taillights to go out intermittently, increasing the risk of a collision.