Trump returns to the platform that banned him more than three years later, as it keeps alive the same bogus claims that fueled the Jan. 6 attack, Alex Woodward writes

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Elon Musk has spent billions of dollars for this moment.

In 2022, the world’s wealthiest man bought Twitter for $44 billion, then crudely reshaped the platform into X by slashing attempts to stop disinformation and conspiracy theories from flooding the platform and welcoming the return of previously banned users to set the tone.

He has created his own personal echo chamber that now reaches tens of millions of users daily, priming the platform for Donald Trump’s return to promote his presidential campaign.

Trump fired off several X posts on Monday morning — just hours before his scheduled “interview” with Musk on the platform at 8 p.m. ET. His return to a platform he once used as his daily megaphone comes as his 2024 presidential campaign struggles against his Democratic rival Kamala Harris, and as Musk fails to win over advisertisers while also suing them for leaving.

The former president’s account was “permanently suspended” from the influential social media platform in the wake of the January 6 attack, out of fear that his posts would...

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