Will reverse Donald Trump’s lifetime Twitter ban: Elon Musk

San Francisco, May 11 : Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that he would reverse the Twitter ban on former US president Donald Trump once he takes over the micro-blogging platform.

Speaking at the Financial Times Future of the Car summit on Tuesday, the billionaire said that the ban on him was a "mistake".

"I do think that it was not correct to ban Donald Trump.I think that was a mistake," said Musk who called himself a "free speech absolutist".

The micro-blogging platform had permanently banned Trump after thousands of his supporters violently stormed the Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021.Musk said that banning Trump "alienated a large part of the country".

"Banning Trump from Twitter didnt end Trumps voice.It will amplify it among the right and this is why it is morally wrong and flat out stupid," he was quoted as saying.

Asked if he would reinstate Trump once he takes over Twitter, Musk said he would reverse the former Presidents lifetime ban, calling it "a morally bad decision" that was "foolish in the extreme"."Obviously, I dont own Twitter yet.So this is not like a thing that will definitely happen, because what if I dont own Twitter?" he asked.He also cited former Twitter CEO Jack Dorseys comments that the platform should not issue permanent Twitter bans.

Musk last month supported Trumps own social network app called Truth Social by sharing its App Store ranking on his Twitter handle.Trump, however, has decided not to join the micro-blodding site despite Musk buying it, saying "Twitter has become very boring".

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