The 2024 United States Presidential Elections looms on the horizon and tech CEO Elon Musk believes that the the former president Donald Trump has a high chance of winning a landslide victory if he is indicted by Manhanttan prosecutors.
"If this happens, Trump will be re-elected in a landslide victory," the billionaire Chief Twit said on Saturday, March 18.
Trump advisor Steve Bannon (L) watches as US President Donald Trump greets Elon Musk, SpaceX and Tesla CEO, before a policy and strategy forum with executives in the State Dining Room of the White House February 3, 2017 in Washington, DC
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The richest person in the world wrote the tweet in reaction to a Fox News report that described how Trump might be "cuffed," "fingerprinted and processed," and "escorted into the courtroom."
Trump also claimed on his Truth Social platform that "ILLEGAL LEAKS" from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office imply that he might be arrested on Tuesday.
The Secret Service and law enforcement were talking about "security planning" and "logistics" for how an arrest may go down, according to the New York Post.
Elon Musk has unbanned hundreds of accounts since seizing control of Twitter, including the former president's account.
Donald Trump posted on Facebook and YouTube on Friday with the phrase "I'M BACK!" indicating that he has returned to social media after being blocked for the US Capitol uprising for more than two years.
As he bids for the presidency again in 2024, Trump's comeback will give him access to several crucial venues for political funding and give him access to 146 million followers across the three big tech platforms.
On Friday, Alphabet's YouTube restored his channel, and earlier this year, Meta restored his Facebook and Instagram accounts.
Trump is yet to post anything on Twitter, although Chief Tweet Elon Musk restored his account after a poll in late 2022.
"We carefully evaluated the continued risk of real-world violence, while balancing the chance for voters to hear equally from major national candidates in the run-up to an election," YouTube said in a statement following the restoration of Trump's account.
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Opposed by Advocacy Groups
However, Trump's return to social media was severely opposed by advocacy groups such as Media Matters for America claiming that these businesses abuse the social networking power of the Big Tech firms.
Nicole Gill, the executive director of the advocacy group Responsible Tech, claimed that Trump's online conduct has gotten worse and more harmful over time.
She said, "YouTube put profits and politics over the safety of their users, the integrity of their platform, and the wellbeing of our democracy."
In the 2020 US presidential election, a mob of his supporters attempted to prevent the certification of President Joseph Biden's victory. As a result, Trump was banned on several platforms for supposedly inciting violence online.
Hence, Trump launched his own platform Truth Social which attracted 5 million followers over time.
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