{"id":81909,"date":"2021-06-09T07:58:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T06:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=81909"},"modified":"2021-06-09T07:58:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T06:58:48","slug":"trump-hails-nigeria-for-banning-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/trump-hails-nigeria-for-banning-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump hails Nigeria for banning Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former U.S. President Donald Trump has congratulated Nigeria for suspending the operations of Twitter in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, in a statement on Tuesday night, commended Nigeria for the action, calling on more countries to \u201cban Twitter and Facebook for not allowing free and open speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter because they banned their President.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cMore countries should ban Twitter and Facebook for not allowing free and open speech \u2013 all voices should be heard,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government had on Friday suspended the operations of Twitter indefinitely due to its use for activities that were capable of undermining Nigeria\u2019s corporate existence.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension of the micro-blogging social network, days after Twitter deleted a post by President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly violating its policy.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who had more than 60 million followers before his suspension, said banning Twitter and Facebook would bring about competition in the social networking sites.<\/p>\n<p>The former U.S. leader also expressed regrets for not taking action against them while he was president.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cIn the meantime, competitors will emerge and take hold. Who are they to dictate good and evil if they themselves are evil?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps, I should have done it while I was President. But Zuckerberg kept calling me and coming to the White House for dinner telling me how great I was,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also made a veiled reference to his speculated 2024 presidential ambition by simply saying \u201c2024?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twitter and Facebook had in January suspended Trump\u2019s accounts indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>The two social networking sites claimed that he used the platforms to mobilise his followers to invade Capitol Hill over the outcome of the November 2020 presidential election after he lost.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former U.S. President Donald Trump has congratulated Nigeria for suspending the operations of Twitter in the country. 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