Elon Musk expressed excitement Saturday as he watched votes pour in on a Twitter poll he has posted on whether to readmit Donald Trump to the messa...
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As of about 1500 GMT Saturday, 52.3 percent of nearly 11 million responses were in favor of a return of the former president, who was banned from Twitter for his role in last year's attack on the US Capitol by a mob of his followers seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election."Fascinating to watch Twitter Trump poll!" Musk said Saturday morning in the latest blast of tweets from the hard-charging new owner of the one-to-many messaging platform.
He has done similar polls in the past, asking followers last year if he should sell stock in his electric car company Tesla. Following that poll, he sold more than $1 billion in shares.He has said he will not return to the popular platform but would instead remain on his own network, Truth Social, launched after he was banned from Twitter.
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