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Trump Says He Won't Return To Twitter (barrons.com) 215

Earlier today, Twitter announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Elon Musk for approximately $44 billion. The announcement led to speculation that former President Donald Trump may return to the social media platform after being permanently banned in January 2021 for his role in the January 6th insurrection. However, according to TechCrunch, "it looks like he's not interested and is instead planning to formally join his own Truth Social platform over the next seven days." From the report: "I am not going on Twitter, I am going to stay on Truth," Trump told Fox News. "I hope Elon buys Twitter because he'll make improvements to it and he is a good man, but I am going to be staying on Truth. The bottom line is, no, I am not going back to Twitter." [...] Trump's comments from today come as shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp, which announced a deal in October to acquire Trump Media & Technology Group, fell 9.5% as Twitter officially announced its deal with Musk. It's possible that Truth's shaky start could cause Trump to change his mind about rejoining Twitter down the road.

Trump's media group released its Truth Social iOS app in February, but the app remained unavailable to users for quite some time. Truth is being marketed as an alternative to social media giants like Twitter and Facebook. If Trump does end up posting on Truth regularly this week, it will mark the former president's return to social media following his ban from numerous platforms, including Twitter and Facebook. So far, he's only posted on Truth once.

As for Twitter, Musk says that "free speech" is key to Twitter's future. Twitter says the transaction, which was unanimously approved by the board, will likely close this year following shareholder and regulatory approval and "the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions."

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Trump Says He Won't Return To Twitter

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  • lol (Score:2, Informative)

    by kunwon1 ( 795332 )
    'Stay on Truth'

    Oh Donnie, if only.
    • Re:lol (Score:5, Informative)

      by shmlco ( 594907 ) on Monday April 25, 2022 @06:13PM (#62479130) Homepage

      Then again, he lies a lot...

      • And only flat-earthers believes him.

      • He's a narcissist, Twitter is like heroin, cocaine, and crystal meth all rolled into one to him. There's more chance of a heroin addict staying away from a full syringe right in front of him than Trump staying away from 89 million worshippers.
    • Re: (Score:2, Funny)

      by Darinbob ( 1142669 )

      I am hearing this in the Star Wars voice:

      Gold leader: It's no good, I can't post!
      Trump: Stay on Truth.
      Gold leader: Twitter is too close!
      Trump: Stay on Truth!
      *gold leader blows up*

    • This actually follows an Orwellian pattern. It's like the PRC being the "People's Republic" of China, or worse, North Korea being a "Democratic People's Republic" (DPRK). On the other hand, maybe the Democratic Party is really democratic and the Republican Party is about keeping the republic in one piece.
    • Truth Social provides a safe space for the snowflakes. The big bad world is simply too much.

      your Interactive Content should not contain discriminatory references based on religion, race, gender, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability;

      your Contributions are not obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, violent, harassing, libelous, slanderous, or otherwise objectionable.

      • by batkiwi ( 137781 )

        It's also US only (actually blocks you otherwise based on IP), which is refreshing! Even if I accidentally click a link it won't work.

  • The Orange man is no better than the rest of those lying thieving bastards in Washington DC
    • Did anyone ever claim that he's better? I'm pretty sure most of the complaints trend the other way...

    • He may be no better than them, but he's certainly worse than many of them.

  • by jacks smirking reven ( 909048 ) on Monday April 25, 2022 @05:03PM (#62478778)

    Before he is back on Twitter (assuming he gets unbanned).

    Like any professional shitposter you need the "haters" more than your sycophants.

    Doesn't matter anyway, every crazy thing he says on Truth will get pasted to Twitter. You can't avoid him.

    • He's too much of an attention whore to stay off the platform. Even all of the people that loathe Musk buying the platform and who are threatening to quit won't leave en masse. A few might quit for a while, but most will come back.
    • Well, he'd actually need to post something to "Truth" for it to get pasted to Twitter. Such an event hasn't happened yet, other than the single post he made which amounts to "coming soon" even though there's no need to delay unless his shit platform just can't handle even this little amount of traffic...

    • There is almost certainly a contract in place with T/S that he can't have a personal account on another media platform. That being said, I doubt it would apply to a political campaign's account so assume almost immediately after the midterms.

  • The subject lines need to be limited to 26 characters.
  • Yeah sure. (Score:3, Insightful)

    by battingly ( 5065477 ) on Monday April 25, 2022 @05:06PM (#62478798)
    He has the self-control of a 2 year old. He won't be able to keep himself away from Twitter.
  • that's a big no from me

  • by OrangeTide ( 124937 ) on Monday April 25, 2022 @05:08PM (#62478814) Homepage Journal

    “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member” — Groucho Marx

  • by WankerWeasel ( 875277 ) on Monday April 25, 2022 @05:10PM (#62478824)
    Dude never keeps his promises. This one won't be any different.
    • by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

      You would think he'd have found a kindred spirit in Musk and be eager to get back on his platform.

      Remember that time Elon Musk said he would fix all the lead pipes in Flint, but ended up giving water filters to a few schools?

  • It's his own failing web site! He has posted exactly ONCE since the failed opening and now he says he's going to "formally join"?

    The man is the literal definition of his name [thefreedictionary.com].

    • "Formally", I assume it involves dressing up, signing some forms, kissing a ring?

  • Don cannot resist. The account will probably be unbanned eventually and Trump will find it irresistible, his quivering paw hovering over the tweet button.

    He can't resist.

  • ...until the Qult members start claiming trump is really behind this and Elon is just a straw man, since trump has many, many billions of dollars.
  • Soon enough, they won't allow anyone from planet Melmac anymore.

  • by PopeRatzo ( 965947 ) on Monday April 25, 2022 @05:34PM (#62478934) Journal

    We have all seen enough social media platforms come and go to know that there is a clock on how long they stay relevant, and when they're done, they're done.

    Twitter may well be in the bottom of the 8th inning. Something else will come along.

  • In case you have not figured it out by now, Trump will do whatever is best for himself right now. If and when it helps Trump to be on twitter he will be right back on it.

  • Trump told Fox News. "I hope Elon buys Twitter because he'll make improvements to it and he is a good man, ...

    ... from a man with a low bar.

    • Trump told Fox News. "I hope Elon buys Twitter because he'll make improvements to it and he is a good man, ...

      ... from a man with a low bar.

      Consider something I heard a commentator (I forget who) say about Trump while he was in office:

      He loves you on Monday.
      He hates you on Wednesday.
      He fires you on Friday.

      Now he can't "fire" Elon, but you get the point. Trump is nothing if not mercurial.

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    • by tekram ( 8023518 )
      In America, he who has the most money has the loudest voice - that is the Amerian way as ajudicated by the Roberts supreme court. It is more likely that Trump will have to kiss Musk before he gets back on Twitter, and it won't be Musk's ring Trrump will be kissing.
    • . . . until Musk makes the pilgrimage to Mar-a-lago to kiss the ring.

      I can't even imagine why the richest person in the World, with no political aspirations, would kowtow before someone not even in the Forbes top 400 anymore (Trump was at #1,299 in 2021). As much as they don't really need the other, Musk *really* doesn't need Trump.

      • This is because all of this is Trumpistan wishful thinking - they need their multiple-times-a-day indoctrination injection via Twitter and they've been having withdrawls for the last 400+ days.

        Musk could give a fuck about Trump, right up until Trump actually has any power to do anything for Musk again.

  • I'm sure that if Twitter removed his ban tomorrow, he'd be back about 10 seconds afterward, constantly bleating on about a stolen election that wasn't stolen, and election fraud that only resulted in votes for him and had no material difference in the election outcome.

    The good news is that nothing of value is being lost, because if you want that there's more than enough proxies for it available.

    • by jacks smirking reven ( 909048 ) on Monday April 25, 2022 @06:16PM (#62479154)

      If there is something positive is that losing the election really broke Trump's brain, his mind simply cannot accept the result and learn and adapt from it.

      He'll win the R primary for 2024 but he won't be able to shut up about the 2020 election and voters, especially independents will be reminded how tiresome his unchanging style is. The magic is gone and while his base is as loud as ever they are also smaller than ever.

      On the plus side I look forward to him making fools of DeSantis and any other challengers in the primary.

      • If there is something positive is that losing the election really broke Trump's brain, his mind simply cannot accept the result and learn and adapt from it.

        He'll win the R primary for 2024 but he won't be able to shut up about the 2020 election and voters, especially independents will be reminded how tiresome his unchanging style is. The magic is gone and while his base is as loud as ever they are also smaller than ever.

        On the plus side I look forward to him making fools of DeSantis and any other challengers in the primary.

        The GOP no longer needs to appeal to voters. They have control at the state level and a few key state legislatures will overturn the decision of the voters in 2024 and hand the election to the GOP candidate. Joe Biden was the last democratically elected president this nation will ever have.

        • The GOP no longer needs to appeal to voters. They have control at the state level and a few key state legislatures will overturn the decision of the voters in 2024 and hand the election to the GOP candidate.

          I'm skeptical, but even if you're correct, how are those GOP state legislatures going to stay in power after they override the will of their own voters? Gerrymandering can only do so much.

          In some ways I actually hope that this does happen, specifically to wake voters up to the importance of paying attention to state-level elections.

          • The GOP no longer needs to appeal to voters. They have control at the state level and a few key state legislatures will overturn the decision of the voters in 2024 and hand the election to the GOP candidate.

            I'm skeptical, but even if you're correct, how are those GOP state legislatures going to stay in power after they override the will of their own voters? Gerrymandering can only do so much.

            Gerrymandering can do exactly that. The GOP has a perfect system in place. They cannot be voted out.

  • He doesn't want to be second banana to Musk, which is what he will be if he goes to Musk hat in hand to get his account back. He wants to be the one running things. He may slink back to Twitter if he's allowed once Truth Social joins the Moskva at the bottom of the sea, but it's not what he really wants. He wants to be the king who can ban the people he doesn't like for his own reasons.
    • by hey! ( 33014 )

      I wouldn't assume that he's not going to rejoin Twitter just because he says he's not going to.

      Trump thinks of himself as a deal maker. If he thinks he's got an angle or some kind of leverage, he's not going to participate in anything until he's negotiated a cut.

  • ⦠say all of his campaign advisors. I have no love for Trump - none - but his Twitter account was the best thing for his opposition. Keeping him off Twitter has not slowed the disinformation juggernaut that is right-wing opinion media, and never was he less popular than when he was tweeting his paranoid, delusional, and despotic ramblings for everyone to see.
  • Doesn't anybody like /entertainment/ anymore? And right after *Easter*!

  • I just purchased the Brooklyn bridge. Got a great deal on it from a Nigerian prince who had inherited it.

  • Every time he speaks he lies.

C for yourself.

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