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Greg Evans
Jan 09, 2021
It may have taken four years and with only a few days left of his presidency but Twitter has finally decided to ban Donald Trump from the the platform.
The decision was taken on Friday by Twitter who in a statement cited that they had ‘permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.’ Facebook took similar action but only until a peaceful transition of power had been completed.
This move comes after Trump was temporarily locked out of his account following the attack on the Capitol building by his supporters on Wednesday. The president did return to the website on Thursday where he attempted to distance himself from any blame for the riot but continued to spread more misinformation despite admitting that he would no longer be challenging the election results. He had also announced that he would not be attending Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Trump has reportedly attempted to use the @POTUS account, as well as other accounts to tweet his annoyance of being suspended from Twitter accusing the website of ‘banning free speech’ but those tweets were quickly deleted.
The news that Trump would no longer be tweeting has been greeted with great enthusiasm from his critics, who could help but react with shock and scenes that resembled the end of Return of the Jedi.
Yeeessss!!! Finally!!!!!!! https://t.co/bGe6fntlRX— Sarah Drew (@Sarah Drew) 1610162754
Thank you. https://t.co/FRcTDvedb9— Don Winslow (@Don Winslow) 1610178488
Donald Trump is banned from Twitter for life. That's it, that's the tweet https://t.co/kds6ZEXLz2— Variety (@Variety) 1610148572
https://t.co/BCubK3Q1Bk— shanaz (@shanaz) 1610148555
In the words of DOUGAL AND THE BLUE CAT: "And that was that". https://t.co/9RAYKG1y3w— Mark Kermode (@Mark Kermode) 1610151335
Of course, when there is any major news like this with Trump the internet cannot help but react with jokes.
BREAKING - Trump spotted wandering the streets shouting lies at peoples windows https://t.co/5PFPlE73Vu— HappyToast ★ (@HappyToast ★) 1610180441
BREAKING: Trump is trying to resurrect AOL Instant Messenger but is having difficulty finding his software disc. https://t.co/1gQZP3yLwO— Rob Gomez (@Rob Gomez) 1610179958
Twitter without Donald Trump: https://t.co/eedXQuiXbJ— Sad we (@Sad we) 1610180511
Introducing my new full sleeve tattoo https://t.co/ADaFHVnQjA— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1610148508
And how is YOUR day going? https://t.co/56SHIiWCPB— Mark Hamill (@Mark Hamill) 1610148890
Vince McMahon just lost a follower 😔— Shutts (@Shutts) 1610149134
This is the first time a sitting president has been banned from Twitter going back to 1812— Dave Brown (@Dave Brown) 1610148718
what do i say https://t.co/tqQLAa5GGY— thomas 🍌 (@thomas 🍌) 1610150568
*sound of lawnmower* https://t.co/WTazvVRFnQ— Hend Amry (@Hend Amry) 1610160835
.@jack when he had to do trump https://t.co/xXo2G0Oy1K— mike mulloy, portland 1/20-22 (@mike mulloy, portland 1/20-22) 1610149432
D*nald Tr*mp in five minutes https://t.co/Ix8sqUQoSs— dbs (@dbs) 1610160407
Was always walking a tightrope after that first yellow. https://t.co/AzcT6NUadI— Sam Munnery (@Sam Munnery) 1610152032
donald trump has been deemed too dangerous to be on twitter but also hes still president— Andrew Lawrence (@Andrew Lawrence) 1610149262
Maybe he’ll just pop up on another account belonging to one of his family, create an alter-ego or use a less popular website?
CAN I POST FROM YOUR ACCOUNT?? https://t.co/Uu3NLyl7Qu— Brian Jay Jones (@Brian Jay Jones) 1610149962
Hello I am brand new to Twitter, what are you guys up to— John Barron (@John Barron) 1610150442
“DO YOU HAVE BEBO?” https://t.co/scqJmhUUvM— Janey Godley (@Janey Godley) 1610153722
‘Is a Bebo account out of the question?’ https://t.co/Sul9pJzG7P— Katy (@Katy) 1610150521
Looks like Myspace Tom just got his first friend in a decade— Nish Kumar (@Nish Kumar) 1610149367
it's so fucking funny watching Trump try to ban evade by hopping from account to account like John Wick is coming after him— Tom McKay (@Tom McKay) 1610160619
Yes, there is already merchandise.
https://t.co/5R6UrXEDOX— IG: @quentin.quarantino (@IG: @quentin.quarantino) 1610158386
TikTok, a social media platform that Trump has spent much of the last 12 months trying to ban, is still one of the few websites that the president can still use. Oh, the irony…
People really hope that there is a footage of Trump learning about his ban.
i would give up a non-essential organ in exchange for video of someone telling him— Brandy Jensen (@Brandy Jensen) 1610150195
The only real downside to this is that many of Trump’s more amusing tweets are now lost forever, leaving us to enjoy them only as screengrabs. A true tragedy.
https://t.co/JCt127bRc3— ཊལབསརངཧ (@ཊལབསརངཧ) 1610150409
RIP https://t.co/etIYiADXMp— Normal Name Li’l 🌳 (@Normal Name Li’l 🌳) 1610155353
For some, if might have been too little, too late as the damage has arguably already been done by Trump and his base.
Twitter after banning Trump 1,449 days into his presidency https://t.co/W5bRvkskcs— philip lewis (@philip lewis) 1610149451
Trump supporters have not taken the news well.
This is true bravery. Thank you Mark. https://t.co/pWaAnGn2Pu— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1610161762
https://t.co/LogE3ITs9J— Dave Itzkoff (@Dave Itzkoff) 1610151205
It remains to be seen what will happen next but for at least one day, Twitter is. alot more peaceful.
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