Former US President Donald Trump said he was pleased that Twitter is now “in good hands” after being acquired by billionaire Elon Musk.
“I am very happy that Twitter is now in good hands and will no longer be run by crazy leftists who already hate our country,” he said on his social network, Truth Social.
However, the Republican billionaire did not say whether he intended to use the platform again, which had banned his account after the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
In May, Musk hinted at Trump’s return on Twitter, which could elicit a lot of reactions.
Before his account was banned, Trump went on Twitter directly to his 88 million followers and regularly sparked heated debates.
However, he felt that the “Truth Social” network works “better” than the Twitter platform, which he says should “work hard to get rid of all the fake accounts and bots that have damaged them so much.”
And on Thursday Musk announced the acquisition of the Twitter platform for $ 44 billion, which could herald a new phase of uncertainty for the social networking site, which occupies a central position in the political and media life of the United States and many other countries. .
Musk quickly fired Twitter chief Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and legal officer Vijaya Gadi, according to CNBC and The Washington Post, citing unnamed sources.
Musk had to close the deal by Friday or else he would have been tried in November for failing to implement the initial deal he signed with Twitter.
He later tweeted: “The bird has been released”, referring to the platform’s logo.
In April, Elon Musk signed a $ 44 billion deal to buy Twitter, before canceling it on his own initiative in July, accusing the platform of lying about the percentage of fake accounts and spam messages, claiming that the group “cheated” by intentionally increasing the number of verifiable accounts, including revenue.
On Wednesday, Musk visited the San Francisco Twitter office and changed his profile to “Chief Twit” in English.
Later, he reposted a photo of him surrounded by Twitter employees in one of the company’s coffee shops.
On Thursday evening, several employees of the US group expressed their support for the previous management of the company.
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone tweeted: “Thanks to Parag Agrawal, Vijaya Gadi and Ned Segal for their collective contribution to Twitter. They are all extraordinary talents and each of them is a beautiful human being.”
