Twitter permanently suspended Donald Trump's account

Twitter has permanently suspended current US President Donald Trump's personal account @realDonaldTrump due to the risk of further incitement to violence. This is stated in a message published on the evening of January 8, 2021 on the official blog of the social network.

"After carefully reviewing recent tweets from @realDonaldTrump and the context associated with them, we have permanently banned the account due to the risk of further incitement to violence," Twitter said.

The decision to block the account was made against the backdrop of a tense situation in the United States associated with the storming of Congress on January 6. In one of the latest tweets that has since disappeared from the site, Trump claims that the 75 million American patriots who voted for him to make America great again "will retain a gigantic voice in the future." In another, he refuses to attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on January 20.

just one moment on Friday to lose them forever It took President Donald Trump years and tens of thousands of tweets to amass 88.7 million followers on Twitter, and . After the blockade, Trump published posts on the official account of the President of the United States, as well as on the account of the campaign headquarters, allowing the creation of his own online platform, but the social network almost immediately deleted these messages.

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