The Twitter Account of Donald Trump Has Been Permanently Suspended

Trump had over 88 million followers and tweeted more than 57,000 times

After Facebook’s ban on the account of Donald Trump, Twitter has now permanently suspended the account of Trump, @realDonaldTrump.

Twitter released a statement saying that the two tweets that led to the suspension of the account of Donald Trump.

The tweets of Donald Trump

The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!

and

To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.

The two tweets in question were accessed and determined to fall under its policy on “Glorification of Violence”, which determined to have encouraged/inspired Trump supporters to act out the insurrection that took place at the U.S. Capitol on the 6^th of January, 2021. Trump’s social media account had 88 million followers and tweeted more than 57,000 times.

Those who are interested in reading the factors that led to the ban of Donald Trump’s account can head over to the official announcement page of Twitter.

After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.https://t.co/CBpE1I6j8Y

— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 8, 2021