Donald Trump reacts after Elon Musk reinstates his Twitter account, ending lifetime ban

Donald Trump has been officially reinstated to Twitter but on Saturday afternoon the former president cast doubt that he would return to the platform.

Trump posted on Truth Social, a social media service he has used since receiving a lifetime ban on Twitter in January 2021, that he would not be switching back over.

"Vote now with positivity, but don’t worry, we aren’t going anywhere. Truth Social is special!" he posted.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk formally reinstated Trump this weekend after conducting a poll on the platform that received more than 15 million votes. 

LIBERALS ON TWITTER FUME AFTER MUSK REINSTATES TRUMP TO PLATFORM: 'GOD HELP US'

"Reinstate former President Trump: Yes or No," the poll simply asked.

Fifty-two percent of users agreed he should be allowed back to the platform, which has already restored other lifetime bans, including satirical account Babylon Bee, Kathy Griffin, and Jordan Peterson.

"The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated," Musk wrote. "Vox Populi, Vox Dei."

According to Musk, over 134 million people saw the poll. 

ELON MUSK POLLS USERS ON WHETHER DONALD TRUMP SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO TWITTER, MILLIONS SWIFTLY RESPOND

Trump was previously banned from Twitter immediately after the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol building for allegedly inciting the violence or for fear he could use the platform in such a way.

"Vox Populi, Vox Dei," Musk added in a subsequent tweet, a Latin phrase that translates to "the voice of the people is the voice of God."

In another tweet, Musk mulled the option of utilizing more polls to help gauge support for potential actions. He also told one user that he could add a feature to be able to poll all active users in a country. 

Trump's handle @realDonaldTrump has been activated and users on Twitter are able to tag him in posts. As of Saturday evening, there were no new tweets.

ELON MUSK SAYS TRUMP WILL BE REINSTATED TO TWITTER AFTER MORE THAN 15 MILLION USERS VOTED IN POLL

Meanwhile, Trump posted several times to Truth on Saturday, including posts about his ongoing trials in New York, the FBI, and the midterm election results. 

Trump told Fox News Digital in April that he would not be returning to Twitter, even if he were to be eventually reinstated. 

"I am not going on Twitter, I am going to stay on TRUTH," Trump said at the time. "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."

Musk has faced near-constant criticism since taking over the platform as he has fired most of its senior leadership and staff, overhauled the platform’s subscription and verification system, and announced a number of changes to its moderation.

Biden signaled 'weakness' at G-20, doesn't have a 'macro-sense' of what's going on: Gordon Sondland

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade is joined by former U.S. Amb. to the European Union Gordon Sondland to weigh in on President Biden's visit to Indonesia for the G-20 Summit on "One Nation."

GORDON SONDLAND: Listen, I'm going to cut Biden some slack on the cheat sheet because Obama, Trump, Bush, everyone gets a cheat sheet. The real question you have to ask is, what happens when you drop the cheat sheet and you're on your own? And I really worry that President Biden doesn't have a macro-sense of what's going on, where he is and what he needs to do, which, again, the bottom line of that is it really does signal weakness for the United States.

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BRIAN KILMEADE: And afterwards, you go to the read-out and how the press in China covered it, because they'll tell the truth. The press is the government. They show no acquiescence or backing off the hostile stance. We talked about progress being made. So what do you read into that?

GORDON SONDLAND: You know, sometimes progress is defined as you got another meeting scheduled. The problem with diplomacy is the discussions seldom are really frank, and they really don't get to the core issues. There's too much ceremony, there's too much pomp, and there are too many people involved in the process. That is, I've got to say, that's the one thing President Trump tried to do was cut through the B.S. and get right to the point, and we need to do more of that.