By James ClaytonBBC North America technology reporterDonald Trump loves Twitter. In 2017, he said he wouldn’t have become president without it. “Twitter is a wonderful thing for me, because I get the word out… I might not be here talking to you right now as president if I didn’t have an honest way of getting the word out,” he said. After Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk reversed Mr Trump’s permanent suspension, you might have thought the former president would jump at the chance to come back. But so far, he hasn’t taken up that offer. Well, only Donald Trump knows the answer to that question for sure.But what we do know is he has a lot of money to lose from tweeting. “The simplest explanation is the most likely – it’s about money,” says Josh Tucker, professor of politics at New York University (NYU). After Donald Trump was kicked off Twitter, he created his own social media platform called Truth Social – that looks an awful lot like Twitter. To understand the financial bind Donald Trump is in, you have to understand the complex nature of Truth Social’s business set up. Last year, the private company that owns Truth Social
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Why Donald Trump isn't returning to Twitter (for now) – BBC News
