Trump Reacts to Musk Completing His Twitter Takeover: ‘I Am Very Happy’

Former President Donald Trump is reacting to the news Twitter has a new owner. Billionaire Elon Musk’s $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform officially closed on Thursday night, capping a months-long saga…

Bradley CortrightOct 28, 20223 min read

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must now work hard to rid itself of all of the bots and fake accounts that have hurt it so badly. It will be much smaller, but better. I LOVE TRUTH!”

After it was reported Musk’s deal was complete, he tweeted, “the bird is freed.”

Bloomberg News cited a source familiar with the matter and reported Musk “intends to do away with permanent bans on users because he doesn’t believe in lifelong prohibitions.”

“That means people previously booted off the platform may be allowed to return, though it was unclear if that included former president Donald Trump,” it added.

Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter in 2021 after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

In May, Musk said he would “reverse the perma-ban” for Trump, as IJR reported.

However, Trump has not signaled he would return to Twitter.

During an April interview with Americano Media, he said, “We’re doing a big platform right now, so I probably wouldn’t have any interest.”

“You know, Twitter’s become very boring. They’ve gotten rid of a lot of their good voices on Twitter — a lot of their conservative voices,” Trump added.

After Musk first announced his plan to buy Twitter, Derrick Johnson, the head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), urged him not to let Trump back on the platform.

“Misinformation, disinformation and hate speech have NO PLACE on Twitter. Do not allow 45 to return to the Platform. Do not allow Twitter to become a petri dish for hate speech, or falsehoods that subvert our democracy,” Johnson said in a statement.

He added, “Protecting our democracy is of utmost importance, especially as the midterm elections approach. Mr. Musk: lives are at risk, and so is American democracy.”