Musk asks Twitter users if Trump ban should be lifted

Just hours after saying he had not yet decided on whether to lift the Twitter ban on Donald Trump, its new owner Elon Musk asked users to vote on reinstating the former president to the platform.

“Reinstate former President Trump,” Musk posted, with a chance to vote either yes or no. At 01:45 GMT, 59.6 per cent of the nearly two million responses were in favour of a return of the former president, who was banned for his role in last year’s attack on the US Capitol.

There was no indication that Musk would adhere to the results of the poll. But he also posted a Latin adage suggesting that the decision would be up to Twitter users: Vox Populi, Vox Dei (“The voice of the people is the voice of God”).

59.6% Responses were in favour of lifting the ban on Trump