Musk says he would reverse Twitter ban on Donald Trump

  div classBodysc17zpet90 cdBBJodivpReuters Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said Tuesday he would reverse Twitters ban on former U.S. President Donald Trump, while speaking at the Financial Times Future of the Car conference.p

  pMusk, who has called himself a “free speech absolutist,” recently inked a 44 billion deal to acquire the social media platform.pdivdivdiv classBodysc17zpet90 cdBBJodiv

  pThe decision to ban Trump from Twitter did not silence the former presidents voice, but rather amplified his views among people on the political right, Musk said, calling the ban “morally wrong and flatout stupid.”p

  pTrump was permanently suspended from Twitter shortly after the Jan. 6 riot on the U.S. Capitol. Twitter cited “the risk of further incitement of violence” in its decision. p

  p Reporting by Sheila DangEditing by Nick Zieminskip

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