Donald Trump tries to make a new Twitter – and it doesn’t go to plan

Twitter has suspended several accounts this week that had been set up to share statements from a new part of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s website.

Twitter says those accounts broke the platform’s rules against evading an account ban.

Former President Trump has been banned from Twitter, as well as on Facebook and Instagram.

Mr. Trump had more than 88 million followers on Twitter and multiple other social media platforms following the deadly Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.

On Tuesday, a page was added to Trump’s site, dubbed “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump,” where he posts messages that can be shared by his audience to both Twitter and Facebook.

“As stated in our ban evasion policy, we’ll take enforcement action on accounts whose apparent intent is to replace or promote content affiliated with a suspended account,”

a Twitter spokesman said in a statement.

Will Trump return on social media?

It is still unclear if former President Donald Trump will return to social media.

Facebook’s oversight on Thursday announced the ban on Trump will stay in place – for now.

The former president’s ban from Facebook and Instagram has been upheld by Facebook’s Oversight Board – meaning he will stay banned off the platform at least for now. 

In the landmark decision, the board found that Trump’s actions surrounding the January 6 Capitol riots “severely violated” Facebook’s policies.

It also says Trump’s posts “created an environment where a serious risk of violence was possible.”

However, the board warns that this decision must be reviewed regularly.

Known as the ‘court for facebook’ – they criticized Facebook’s initial moves to make Trump’s blockage “indefinite”.

The board has ordered Facebook to review the decision and “justify a proportionate response” that is applied to everyone, including ordinary users.

And over at the White House, Press Secretary Jen Psaki says the Biden administration will not make any comments on the future of the former President’s account.

So, as it stands the “@realDonaldTrump” Facebook account will continue to stay deactivated – at least for now, but he could always be back in the future.