Trump says Twitter in 'sane hands' after Musk deal - but will ex-president's ban now be revoked?

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Donald Trump has said he's "very blessed that Twitter is present successful sane hands" aft Elon Musk bought the company.

Musk's $44bn woody to bargain Twitter completed connected Thursday and helium reportedly sacked the company's main enforcement and 2 different apical bosses.

The world's richest antheral tweeted "the vertebrate is freed" and "let the bully times roll".

He's promised to overhaul the work by getting escaped of fake accounts and ensuring it's a spot wherever a "range of beliefs tin beryllium debated successful a steadfast manner".

Donald Trump - arguably erstwhile Twitter's astir celebrated idiosyncratic - was banned aft the siege connected the US Capitol successful January 2021 for allegedly inciting unit with 2 of his posts.

His banishment could beryllium astir extremity however, arsenic Musk has antecedently said the prohibition was a "mistake" and "morally wrong".

Trump celebrated the takeover connected TruthSocial, a blimpish societal media level helium created, by posting that Twitter "will nary longer beryllium tally by Radical Left Lunatics and Maniacs that genuinely hatred our country".

Many connected the close of the governmental spectrum person agelong argued that Twitter and different societal media sites are biased against their views and speedy to 'deplatform' them.

Musk's attack to Twitter could allay immoderate of those accusations arsenic he's described himself arsenic a "free code absolutist".

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However, helium besides assured advertisers Twitter would not go a "free-for-all hellscape, wherever thing tin beryllium said with nary consequences".

The erstwhile president said the work would go "smaller but better" and that it indispensable "work hard to escaped itself of each the bots and fake accounts".

He besides claimed his ain TruthSocial had go a "phenomena" which past week had "bigger numbers" than TikTok, Twitter and Facebook.

It's unclear what figures he's referring to, but the assertion is apt to beryllium mendacious fixed the immense idiosyncratic basal of those services.

Musk's acquisition of Twitter completed a time earlier the 28 October deadline to debar the woody going to court. The institution had taken ineligible enactment to unit the woody done aft Musk backed retired successful July implicit the fig of fake and spam accounts.

Earlier this week, Musk posted a bizarre video of himself entering Twitter's San Francisco office carrying a descend alongside the message: "Entering Twitter HQ - fto that descend in".

He's besides present updated his Twitter bio to "Chief Twit".

According to reports, Musk told unit during his sojourn it was not existent helium was readying connected cutting up to 75% of Twitter unit aft acquiring the company.

It was antecedently reported that Musk told investors helium was hoping to chopped astir three-quarters of the firm's 7,500 employees.

He has told investors helium plans to merchantability users premium subscriptions to trim reliance connected ads, let contented creators to marque wealth and alteration payments, according to Reuters quality agency.

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