Former US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account will be restored, social media CEO Elon Musk said on Sunday. Twitter had suspended Trump’s account two days after a mob backing Trump stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. The social media platform in a statement on January 8 said that it had permanently suspended the account after a close review of his Tweets, which it feared could further incite violence.
Musk launched a poll on Saturday asking people to vote on whether Trump should be reinstated. More than 15 million people participated in the survey, which went in favour of Trump with 51.8 per cent saying reinstate the former President while 48.20 were against the reversal of the ban.
After the poll, Musk said: “The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox Populi, Vox Dei.”