Elon Musk (left) and Donald Trump.
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Elon Musk formally closed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter late Thursday evening.
Donald Trump said the app is now “in sane hands” with the tech billionaire at its helm.
The former president was suspended indefinitely from Twitter in January 2021.
Former President Donald Trump said Twitter is “in sane hands” now that Elon Musk has officially purchased the social media platform.
“I am very happy that Twitter is now in sane hands, and will no longer be run by Radical Left Lunatics and Maniacs that truly hate our country,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday morning. “Twitter must now work hard to rid itself of all of the bots and fake accounts that have hurt it so badly. It will be much smaller, but better.”
Trump was suspended indefinitely from Twitter in January 2021 following the attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.
Twitter and Musk formally closed on the billionaire’s $44 billion acquisition offer to take the company private Thursday evening. The tech billionaire now runs a total of five companies.
“The bird is freed,” Musk tweeted late Thursday as he took over as chief executive.
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