Former President Donald Trump posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, for just the second time since he was banned from the platform in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot.
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Former President Donald Trump posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, for the first time in almost a year Monday, ahead of a conversation with X owner Elon Musk—marking a return to the platform for Trump, a once-frequent Twitter user who was removed from the site after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot and reinstated after Musk bought it.Key Facts
Trump’s first post since Aug. 24, 2023 was a two-and-a-half minute campaign video that included news clips of his various indictments since leaving office, saying: “they want to take away my freedom because I will never let them take away your freedom.”
Shortly after posting the video, Trump posted a series of other tweets promoting his interview with Musk Monday night, criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris and asking Americans if they are “better off now than you were when I was president?”
Monday marked just the second time since his ban was lifted by Musk that Trump has posted on the platform: Last August after turning himself into a Georgia jail, the former president posted a picture of his mugshot and link to his website.
Prior to that, his last tweet was on Jan. 8, 2021 and read, “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.
