Elon Musk Says He Would Reverse Twitter’s Donald Trump Ban

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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorCould Donald Trump return to Twitter after all?Elon Musk, who has reached a $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter, said the social network’s permanent ban on the 45th U.S.

president was a “morally bad decision” — one that he would overturn, if Musk successfully closes the deal.Twitter’s ban of Trump “was a mistake because it alienated a large part of the county and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice,” Musk said, speaking at a Financial Times automotive conference, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.Musk also said, “If there are tweets that are wrong and bad, those should be either deleted or made invisible, and a suspension — a temporary suspension — is appropriate, but not a permanent ban.” Trump has insisted he wouldn’t rejoin Twitter regardless of who owns it. “I am not going on Twitter.

I am going to stay on Truth,” Trump told Fox News last month, referring to Truth Social, the ex-president’s own rival social network.Twitter banned Trump permanently on Jan.

8, after the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol two days prior, citing the risk of ongoing violence if the then-president were allowed to remain on the social network.