Did Trump ‘encourage’ Musk to purchase Twitter? Tesla CEO breaks silence

There have been rumors that Trump’s Twitter deal with may be restored after Musk’s Twitter buyout deal is full, greater than a 12 months after it was banned. Twitter had alleged a number of the former US president’s tweets had incited riots on the capitol in Washington DC.

Elon Musk has rejected a report by a US web site which claimed that former US president Donald Trump ‘quietly’ inspired him to purchase social media big Twitter.

“That is false. I’ve had no communication, straight or not directly, with Trump, who has publicly acknowledged that he will probably be solely on Fact Social,” Musk mentioned whereas reacting to a report by the New York Publish.

The web site in its reported quoted Devin Nunes, the CEO of Trump’s social media platform Fact Social, who claimed that it was the previous US President who informed the Tesla CEO to ‘purchase it as a result of the objective of our firm is actually to construct a neighborhood the place persons are in a family-friendly, protected atmosphere’.

“That is why we inspired Elon Musk to purchase it, as a result of somebody has to tackle these tech tyrants,” Nunes informed an American information channel. In October final 12 months, Trump had introduced the launch of his new platform Fact Social.

The truth is, Musk even instructed a reputation change for Trump’s social media platform. “Must be referred to as Trumpet as a substitute!” he had mentioned. “Fact Social is presently beating Twitter & TikTok on the Apple Retailer. Fact Social (horrible identify) exists as a result of Twitter censored free speech,” Musk added.

There have been stories that Trump’s Twitter deal with may be restored greater than a 12 months after it was banned after the social media big had alleged a number of the former US president’s tweets had incited riots on the capitol in Washington DC.

Nevertheless, Trump has declared that he will not return to Twitter even when his deal with is restored. “I’m not occurring Twitter, I’m going to remain on Fact,” Trump informed Fox Information.

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