Trump back on Twitter after Musk confirms his account being reinstated

The Twitter account of former US President Donald Trump was back up again after the social media company’s new owner Elon Musk tweeted that the account will be reinstated.

“The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox Populi, Vox Dei,’ Musk tweeted Saturday.

Musk had run an online poll asking whether Trump’s account should be reinstated on Twitter. In the poll that received 15,085,458 votes, 51.8 per cent voted yes and 48.2 per cent were against reinstating the former US President’s Twitter account.

Trump’s Twitter account appeared to be back as of Saturday evening and the last tweet was dated January 8, 2021 in which Trump had said, “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.”