By announcing, Friday, January 8 in the evening, the permanent suspension of the account @realDonaldTrump because of the "risk of new incitement to violence", Twitter removed the preferred megaphone of the President of the United States.
This decision of the social network comes the day after the suspension of his account on Facebook until the end of his mandate.
Other platforms like Snapchat, YouTube, Twitch and Reddit have also restricted Donald Trump's access.
This is because, three days after the violence on Capitol Hill, Donald Trump had called his supporters "patriots" and announced that he would not attend the inauguration ceremony of his successor Joe Biden, the January 20, that Twitter suspended his account.
“Twitter is trying to silence me,” the outgoing president protested in a statement.
While many voices in the United States, but also in France - including those of Marine Le Pen or Jean-Luc Mélenchon - have been moved by an attack on freedom of expression.
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The billionaire assured that he was negotiating with other sites and that he was even considering creating his own platform.
In the meantime, Donald Trump could fall back on more marginal alternatives, such as Gab or Parler.
The latter, appreciated by white supremacists, is also in turmoil since Google has banned him and Apple threatens to do the same.
"Without my tweets, I wouldn't be here"
Still, Twitter is Twitter.
About 145 million subscribers use it every day, while Parler has only 8 million.
The president has also long been aware of the importance of the platform.
Barely elected, in April 2017, he confided to the Financial Times: "Without my tweets, I would not be here" ...
Throughout the four years of his tenure, Trump sent dozens of tweets from his iPhone almost daily.
He composed them alone most often, early in the morning or late in the evening, commenting live on TV programs, criticizing his opponents, anxious to keep his base mobilized.
With nearly 90 million subscribers, Donald Trump was one of the big names on Twitter, sixth behind Cristiano Ronaldo and ahead of singer Taylor Swift, according to the site Brandwatch.
First on the list?
A certain Barack Obama, with 128 million subscribers.