On Friday, May 6, Elon Musk denied a claim by the head of former US President Donald Trump's new social media company that Trump had encouraged him to purchase Twitter.
Elon Musk Denied Buying Twitter is Because of Trump
In reply to a New York Post article about the claim by Trump Media & Technology Group CEO Devin Nunes, Elon Musk just tweeted, "This is false."
Trump quietly 'encouraged' Elon Musk to buy Twitter: Truth Social CEO https://t.co/VJSY6jPlaA pic.twitter.com/OJw1pwLtJx
— New York Post (@nypost) May 6, 2022
Musk also added that he had no communication, directly or indirectly, with Trump, who has publicly stated that he will be exclusively on Truth Social.
During an appearance on Fox Business, Nunes said that Trump's social media app, Truth Social, was all for Musk's move to purchase Twitter and take it private with a $44 billion offer, which is an eyebrow-raising claim since the platform is a competitor to Truth Social.
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Nunes, a former Republican congressman from California, added that Trump went and purchased Twitter before Elon Musk bought it because the goal of Trump Media & Technology Group is to build a community where people are in a family-friendly, safe environment.
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In 2021, Twitter banned Trump for what the social media company said was a "risk of further incitement of violence" following the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
The mob that stormed the Capitol were Trump supporters who disrupted the certification of President Joe Biden's election.
Trump announced plans to launch Truth Social as a competitor to Twitter in 2021 and said his social media company would become publicly traded through a deal with the blank check company Digital World Acquisition Corp, according to Independent.Co.
On Apr. 25, Twitter accepted Musk's offer to purchase the social media company, contingent on regulators' and shareholders' approval.
Nunes suggested that Trump's purported urging of Musk to purchase Twitter dovetailed with the mission of Truth Social. He said that they "encouraged Musk to buy it because someone has to continue to take on the tech tyrants."
Trump Won't Return to Twitter
In April, Trump told CNBC's Joe Kernen that he would not return to Twitter even if the Tesla CEO took over and reversed the ban on his account.
Trump had more than 90 million Twitter followers before the ban. The former US president said that he would be on Truth Social, and the platform is already on schedule to roll out. He also said that a lot of people have already signed up for the platform.
Trump added that he likes Musk and called him an "excellent individual." The former President recalled when he was in the White House and claimed that they did a lot for Twitter.
Trump expressed his disappointment about how he was treated by the social media platform, which prompted his decision not to go back.
Statistics show that Trump, who averaged up to eight tweets per day in the last half of 2017 and the first half of 2018, steadily increased the average in the following years.
The former president eventually averaged up to 34 tweets per day in his last half-year in office before he was banned on the platform.
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Written by Sophie Webster
