Elon Musk has said he will reinstate Donald Trump’s account on Twitter, in a move that will shake up the social media platform and potentially return a megaphone to the former US president after he launched his 2024 White House bid.
The billionaire entrepreneur, who bought the social media platform for $44bn last month, launched a Twitter poll on Friday asking his followers to vote on whether or not the former US leader should be reinstated. Trump was banned for life on the platform soon after a mob of his supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6 last year.
“The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated,” Musk wrote on Saturday, linking to the poll’s results, which showed that 52 per cent of the 15mn votes were in favour of his return, while 48 per cent of the votes were against.