Donald Trump posted on Facebook and YouTube on Friday for the first time since he was removed two years ago in the wake of the attack on the Capitol.
” I had returned ! “wrote the former Republican president, who is seeking a second term in 2024.
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Facebook – Donald J Trump
He accompanied those words with a short CNN video, flanked by Vice President Mike Pence and his son Barron, that appears to take him back to the night of his election in 2016.
Sorry to make you wait, it was complicated.He says.
“What a relief (…) Mr. President”
His post was greeted with hundreds of comments, including many “Nice to see you again” And “What a relief that you are back, Mr. President.”.
Earlier on Friday, the online video platform YouTube announced it was ending its suspension. As of today, the ‘Donald J. Trump’ channel is no longer subject to restrictions.said the American giant on Twitter.
The Republican was removed from the social network in January 2021, while still in power, for encouraging his supporters during the attack on Congress in Washington.
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This unprecedented decision at the time was imitated by most mainstream social networks, including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
To justify its decision, YouTube said on Friday that it had made an assessment “risk of violence”Bearing in mind the importance of hearing voters “Equally major national candidates”. Donald Trump has already been re-accepted on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram in recent months. Until now, he’s mainly been communicating through his own platform, Truth Social.
