As soon as Donald Trump is no longer US President, that could mean the end of his Twitter career.
The company could block his account.
Donald Trump * has lost numerous followers on Twitter since the election.
The designated US President Joe Biden *, however, is gaining more and more supporters.
However, neither can hold a candle to the front runner among the Twitter giants.
Washington
- For years they seemed to be unable to separate:
US President Donald Trump
and the
micro-blogging service Twitter
.
But even before the election in early November there was a crisis between the most powerful man in the world and his preferred mouthpiece.
The IT group repeatedly marked
tweets from the president
with warning notices.
But that didn't
stop
Trump
from making further crude claims.
That could soon change, however, when
Joe Biden is
sworn in as the 46th President of the United States
on January 20, 2021
.
Twitter vs.
Trump: Account could be permanently deleted
Donald Trump
*
still has
the addition "POTUS" (President of the United States) under his
Twitter account
.
However, that will change when
Joe Biden
takes office.
Then the name goes to him.
Trump's
wife Melania
and Vice President
Mike Pence also
lose their additions.
A change that hardly anyone is likely to notice, but which has far-reaching consequences.
Because as long as
Trump is
still in office, his
account
also enjoys
special rights.
From one day to the next, however, that would end.
Just saw the vote tabulations.
There is NO WAY Biden got 80,000,000 votes !!!
This was a 100% RIGGED ELECTION.
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 26, 2020
With his additional title,
Trump
could
lose
his entire
account
, writes the
South China Morning Post
, citing the US newspaper
Newsweek
.
wants to take more rigorous action against users who repeatedly violate the company's guidelines.
Many profiles could therefore be permanently deleted - including
Trumps
.
His repeated spreading of falsehoods could put him at the top of the US company's hit list.
According to the
Washington Post
,
Trump
utters an average of 50 lies or misleading statements every day.
Twitter vs.
Trump: The US president is running away from the followers
Whether the constant lying is also the reason why
the followers turn their backs on
Donald Trump
?
What is certain is that since the election was lost a few weeks ago, his number of followers on
has continued to shrink.
Since Sunday (November 22) alone, 46,000 users have stolen from the US President *.
Trump
will probably be able to cope with it.
There are still 89 million people who
read
his
tweets
.
But since
Twitter is
now increasingly taking action against
bot accounts
- i.e. profiles that were created by computers - the number could shrink even further.
Compared to
Donald Trump
,
Joe Biden
still has a relatively small fan base on
.
Only 19 million people follow him.
After all, he has won 130,000 new followers since Wednesday (November 25).
The absolute king of the blogging service, however, is Biden's former boss.
Ex-President Barack Obama is
followed by a whopping 126 million users.
He even depends on pop greats like
Justin Bieber
and
Katy Perry
, who also have over 100 million followers.
(tel) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.
Just recently, Trump made another faux pas on Twitter *.
He fell for the allegations of a fake account.
Trump also uses Twitter to pardon former staff members.
Late insight in the White House?
Trump holds out the prospect of a handover *.
But he still insists on election fraud.
And clashes with a journalist.
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