Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after surrendering on the Fulton County jail on August 24, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Former President Donald Trump posted to X, previously Twitter, for the primary time since his suspension from the platform, returning to share his mugshot within the Georgia election interference case.
The put up Thursday raises the query of whether or not X will turn into an essential channel for Trump’s election efforts transferring ahead. The former president has greater than 86 million followers on the platform.
Trump’s final tweet is from Jan. 8, 2021, asserting he wouldn’t attend the inauguration of President Joe Biden that month. Trump was quickly after kicked off the platform completely as Twitter’s leaders on the time feared he may additional incite violence there, following the riot on the U.S. Capitol two days prior.
He moved to his personal social media platform, Truth Social, created by the Trump Media & Technology Group. When billionaire Elon Musk took over Twitter, and ultimately reversed the everlasting ban on Trump, the previous president did not even return to the service, sticking with Truth.
Thursday was the primary time Trump has damaged his silence on the social community since being reinstated. He shared his mugshot taken earlier that day with the phrases “NEVER SURRENDER!” after which the handle for his web site elevating cash for his presidential marketing campaign.
Still, Trump posted on Truth after sharing the mugshot on X, “I LOVE TRUTH SOCIAL. IT IS MY HOME!!!”
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Trump is being charged in Georgia with a number of alleged crimes, together with racketeering and fraud, associated to his efforts to keep up the presidency after he misplaced the 2020 election.
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