Donald Trump returns to Facebook and YouTube after social media ban lifted
- ‘Sorry to keep you waiting – complicated business,’ Trump, 76, said alongside a video clip on the social media platforms
- Facebook and YouTube banned Trump days after the January 6 Capitol insurrection that followed his election defeat to Joe Biden in 2021
“I’M BACK,” Trump posted on the sites weeks after his personal accounts were reactivated. He also shared an old video clip in which he said: “Sorry to keep you waiting. Complicated business.”
The 76-year-old Republican leader – who is running for president again – has been unable to post any content for his 34 million Facebook followers and 2.6 million YouTube subscribers.
The platforms banned Trump days after the January 6, 2021 insurrection, when a mob of his supporters seeking to halt the certification of his election defeat to Joe Biden stormed the US Capitol in Washington.
The former reality television star had spent weeks falsely claiming that the presidential election was stolen from him, and he was subsequently impeached for inciting the riot.
“Starting today, the Donald J Trump channel is no longer restricted and can upload new content,” YouTube said in a statement.