A Twitter account purportedly made by Donald Trump's communications team has been suspended just one day after it was created.
The account, @DJTDesk, was said to have been set up to share statements from the former President which will also be published on his new website - 'From the Desk of Donald J. Trump'.
That website, which was launched earlier this week, allows fans to repost Trump's statements to their own Facebook and Twitter feeds.
But while that feature still appears to be active, the @DJTDesk account was suspended Wednesday evening for 'violating Twitter rules', according to reporter Andrew Solender.
Trump - who was a prolific user of Twitter and boasted 88 million followers - was suspended from Twitter in January, following the US Capitol riot.
The new @DJTDesk account appeared to be a way to circumvent that ban and allow him to communicate directly with Twitter users.
The suspension of the @DJTDesk account comes on the same day that Facebook's Oversight Board upheld a ban on his Facebook and Instagram accounts.
A Twitter account purportedly made by Donald Trump's communications team has been suspended just one day after it was created. The account, @DJTDesk, was said to have been set up to share statements from the former President which will also be published on his new website - 'From the Desk of Donald J. Trump'
The news is a blow for the former president, who prided himself on his social media prowess and constantly communicated with his tens of millions of Twitter followers
In addition to his Twitter suspension, Trump was suspended from Facebook and Instagram following the Capitol riot.
The Oversight Board released a statement Wednesday which read: 'The Board has upheld Facebook’s decision on January 7 to suspend then-President Trump from Facebook and Instagram. Trump’s posts during the Capitol riot severely violated Facebook’s rules and encouraged and legitimized violence'.
They added: 'We call on Facebook to ensure that if a head of state or high government official repeatedly posts messages that pose a risk of harm under international human rights norms, the company should either suspend the account for a set period or delete it.'
The Board has now effectively given Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg another six months to decide whether Trump's accounts will be permanently deleted or allowed to be reactivated.
Trump was enraged by the Oversight Board's decision, releasing a statement Wednesday which read: 'What Facebook, Twitter, and Google have done is a total disgrace and an embarrassment to our Country.
'Free Speech has been taken away from the President of the United States because the Radical Left Lunatics are afraid of the truth, but the truth will come out anyway, bigger and stronger than ever before.
'The People of our Country will not stand for it! These corrupt social media companies must pay a political price, and must never again be allowed to destroy and decimate our Electoral Process.'
Trump was enraged by the Oversight Board's decision, and released the above statement
Trump has now been left to communicate with the public via personal statements which will be published on his new website, 'From The Desk of Donald J. Trump'
Meanwhile, Trump has now been left to communicate with the public via personal statements which will be published on his new website, 'From The Desk of Donald J. Trump'.
The new webpage is referred to as a 'beacon of freedom' in a time of 'lies and silence' in a promotional video, which shows imagery of Mar-a-Lago, where the former president has been living since leaving the White House.
As of Wednesday, he had only posted the video and a collection of his recent statements.
During an interview with conservative commentator Candace Owens on Tuesday night, Trump touted his new site and also lashed out at Twitter.
'People are leaving Twitter and it's also become boring,' Trump railed.
'Now it's become very boring, very mundane. And it's not doing well. Certainly their stock is going down.'
Trump has now been left to communicate with the public via email and public statements which will be published on his new website, 'From The Desk of Donald J. Trump'
As of Wednesday, Trump only posted a collection of his recent statements on his new site
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