Elon Musk posted a poll on Twitter asking if people wanted Donald Trump to be reinstated.
The poll currently has over 12,000,000 votes with 52.4% saying Trump should be reinstated and 47.6% saying he shouldn’t – there are 7 hours left on the poll.
Elon noted the popularity of the poll:
President Trump previously said that he would not return to Twitter, if reinstated, and that he would stay on Truth Social instead.
Amid the finalization of Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, former president Trump, who was permanently banned from the platform in January 2021, said he will be staying on Truth Social, the social media company he created, even if his old account gets reinstated.
He called Truth a “better” and “safe” alternative to Twitter that feels “like home” in an interview with Fox News Friday. Trump applauded Musk for buying Twitter, saying: “I like Elon and I wish him a lot of luck. I hope he does well with it.”
Acknowledging the influence he once commanded on the site, Trump said, “I don’t think Twitter can be successful without me.” His account was one of many held by mostly right-wing political personalities that were permanently removed from the site for various speech infractions. Certain accounts, such as that of popular conservative satire site The Babylon Bee, were suspended temporarily for prohibited content violations. Musk has suggested he will relax some of the content moderation policies to make Twitter a freer public forum.
