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The former president posted a campaign video ahead of a planned interview on the platform with Musk, who reinstated Trump’s account shortly after buying the site in 2022.
By Kate Conger
Donald J. Trump posted on
“They need to silence me because I will never let them silence you,” Trump posted in a crusade video on his account. “They’re not going behind me. They’re attacking you. “
Trump shared the video ahead of a scheduled interview with Musk, who was scheduled to take position on Spaces, a live-streaming feature on X, at 8 p. m. It’s Monday. He followed up with several messages, adding one that read: “Are you on a bigger stage now than when you were president?Our economy is broken. Our border has been erased. We are a country in decline.
Trump’s return to succeed. by advertiser skepticism, especially after Musk sued an influential advertising coalition last week.
But if Trump returns as a seasoned user of the site, which has helped fuel his political rise, it could spark new interest from political advertisers. During his tenure in the Oval Office, Trump used the site as a megaphone to factor politics. directives and hit his rivals. At the beginning of his presidency, he published about nine times a day, but this speed accelerated his tenure.
Trump was banned from X, then known as Twitter, in 2021 after his supporters stormed the United States Capitol to try to prevent the certification of the election. Twitter decided that Trump’s posts to his 88 million followers incited violence and subsequently shut down his account.
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