Despite Elon Musk’s controversial decision to reinstate his account, former US president Donald Trump says he will not be returning to Twitter.
Over the weekend, at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting, Trump addressed his reinstatement, Musk’s takeover of the site and whether or not he actually plans to tweet again.
Via video call-in, Trump said he’d heard Musk’s poll was getting a big response, but that he doesn’t “see any reason for it (a return to Twitter).”
“They have a lot of problems at Twitter. You see what ‘s going on. It (the company) may make it, it may not make it, but the problems are incredible and the engagements are negative,” he said.
“You have a lot of bots and you have a lot of fake accounts, which I think they should get on. But Truth Social has taken the place for a lot of people and I don’t see them going back onto Twitter,” he said.
Since being kicked off Twitter in January of 2021, following the Capitol breach, the former president launched his own short form social media platform – Truth Social.
The site, which is headed by former GOP congressman Devin Nunes, has been plagued with its fair share of glitches, though Trump and its executives continue to tout its success.
Truth Social has been Trump’s main source of direct communication with his followers since he began posting on the app regularly in May.
He has used Truth Social to promote his allies, criticize opponents and defend his reputation amid legal scrutiny from state, congressional and federal investigators.
“The press hate to talk about it, but it’s doing phenomenally well,” Trump told the RJC panel of Truth. “I think engagement is much better than it is with Twitter, and it’s taking care of voices that really want to be taken care of, and really smart voices.”
“Truth Social has been very, very powerful, very, very strong. And I’ll be staying there,” he added.
Trump has some 4.57 million followers on his Truth Social platform.
