A year on, could Trump social media ban backfire?
In 2016, fresh from his stunning presidential victory, Donald Trump sat down to be interviewed on the prestigious US news show 60 Minutes."I'm going to be very restrained, if I use it at all," he said.
Just before the 2020 election he was asked, once again on CBS' 60 Minutes, whether his tweets were putting off voters: In fact there is a school of thought that being off social media, at least for now, has actually helped him. "At a time when the pandemic has come back, the economy is slowing and there have been foreign policy disasters, you want public attention focused on the incumbent," he says.
Certainly his mentions on social media are way down - yet his grip over the Republican party is as tight as ever.Few would argue that a social media ban which stretched into 2024 would help a bid for the White House . Twitter has said that their suspension is permanent. However, there is some hope for Mr Trump here. He could of course win his court challenge, though legal experts think that is unlikely.
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