Donald Trump’s Twitter legacy is complicated
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As reported by CBS News, Trump was permanently banned from Twitter on Jan. 9, following an assault on the U.S. Capitol earlier that week. Trump had been accused of inciting violence through Tweets from his @realDonaldTrump account prior to the event. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” Twitter said in a statement.
The social media platform cited two tweets and added, “these two Tweets must be read in the context of broader events in the country and the ways in which the President’s statements can be mobilized by different audiences, including to incite violence, as well as in the context of the pattern of behavior from this account in recent weeks.” Trump’s official tweets as POTUS have been archived and are still accessible under the handle @POTUS45, just as former President Barack Obama’s tweets as POTUS are archived under the handle @POTUS44. On Inauguration Day, Biden’s account currently had 3 million followers on Twitter. Trump’s account had 88.9 million when it was suspended, according to Forbes.
The Biggest Difference Between Trump And Biden’s First POTUS Tweet
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By Angela Campbell/Jan. 20, 2021 3:57 pm EST
Soon after, Biden also shared a video on Twitter titled, “The time to move forward is now.” The video showed images of diverse Americans wearing face masks as they took their children to school, went to work and performed charitable acts. It was interspersed with images of Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and the words, “The time to heal. Rebuild. Unite.” Biden’s tweets drastically contrasted with former President Donald Trump’s first tweets as POTUS.
Donald Trump’s Twitter legacy is complicated
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
As reported by CBS News, Trump was permanently banned from Twitter on Jan. 9, following an assault on the U.S. Capitol earlier that week. Trump had been accused of inciting violence through Tweets from his @realDonaldTrump account prior to the event. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” Twitter said in a statement.
The social media platform cited two tweets and added, “these two Tweets must be read in the context of broader events in the country and the ways in which the President’s statements can be mobilized by different audiences, including to incite violence, as well as in the context of the pattern of behavior from this account in recent weeks.” Trump’s official tweets as POTUS have been archived and are still accessible under the handle @POTUS45, just as former President Barack Obama’s tweets as POTUS are archived under the handle @POTUS44. On Inauguration Day, Biden’s account currently had 3 million followers on Twitter. Trump’s account had 88.9 million when it was suspended, according to Forbes.
The social media platform cited two tweets and added, “these two Tweets must be read in the context of broader events in the country and the ways in which the President’s statements can be mobilized by different audiences, including to incite violence, as well as in the context of the pattern of behavior from this account in recent weeks.”
Trump’s official tweets as POTUS have been archived and are still accessible under the handle @POTUS45, just as former President Barack Obama’s tweets as POTUS are archived under the handle @POTUS44. On Inauguration Day, Biden’s account currently had 3 million followers on Twitter. Trump’s account had 88.9 million when it was suspended, according to Forbes.
