Former US President Donald Trump is 'back' on Twitter
The masthead of US President Donald Trump's @realDonaldTrump Twitter account is seen. PHOTO: REUTERS
Former US president Donald Trump is back on Twitter and his new account is reportedly posted his messages from the Truth Social app.
The description of Trump's new account, @PresTrumpTS, reads "President Donald J. Trump’s Truth Social Posts on Twitter — Making sure President Trump is heard on Twitter while he and Devin Nunes focus on Truth Social.”
On Monday, 210 messages were posted from Truth Social written by Trump since February, tailored to be tweeted on the Twitter platform. Each tweet ended with a request to "Please Follow and Retweet.” The account is dedicated to posting tweets from Trumps Truth Social platform.
In the tweets posted recently, the former US President bashed Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and supported the reelection candidate Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R- N.C.). He also posted a picture of himself sitting on a throne with a crown.
After the Twitter ban on the former president, Truth Social was created as a social media platform encouraging free speech and freedom of ideas. Twitter has had rigid policies, but Trump has defied the policy time and time again using his paid aide Liz Harrington's account, Yahoo reported.
After the story made headlines, Trump's Truth Social account posted a message claiming it had no association with the Twitter account. Previously, another account had appeared on Twitter claiming to be Donald Trump, hailed by users as his official return, but it was swiftly taken down by Twitter.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has warned Trump after he filed to be brought back on the platform, that if he is let back in, he would have to partially restrict usage and prioritize Truth Social.
Trump promised to wait six hours before posting a message from Truth Social to other platforms, as long as it doesn't involve politics.
Spotted by Huffington Post, the account seems to have been created in April but responses to the profile indicate that its new. The account had almost 2,200 followers already on Monday evening.