Trump: I’ve no interest in returning to Twitter

Donald Trump says he has no interest in returning to Twitter after a slim majority voted in favour of reinstating the former U.S. President in a poll organised by the platform’s new owner, Elon Musk.

Slightly over 15 million Twitter users voted in the poll with 51.8% voting in favour of reinstatement.

“The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated,” Musk tweeted.

Trump’s Twitter account, which had over 88 million followers before he was banned on January 8, 2021, began accumulating followers and had nearly 100,000 followers by 10 p..m (ET) on Saturday.

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Some users initially reported being unable to follow the reinstated account on Saturday evening.

Trump, who was banned from the social media service for inciting violence, 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 and 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”.

The Star