After being banned from X (formerly Twitter) in January 2021, former President Donald Trump made his return to the platform on Friday, August 25, 2023.
His first post was a photo of his mugshot from his 2016 arrest for trespassing at the White House.
https://t.co/MlIKklPSJT pic.twitter.com/Mcbf2xozsY
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2023
Trump’s return to Twitter comes after Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, acquired the company for $44 billion. Musk has said that he wants to make Twitter a more open and free platform for speech, and he has promised to lift the ban on Trump.
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