Donald Trump’s Twitter account disappears

PRESIDENT Trump has responded to his Twitter account being suspended, saying his message must be ‘having an impact’.

PRESIDENT Trump has responded to his Twitter account being suspended by a worker, saying it shows his message must be “having an impact.”

“My Twitter account was taken down for 11 minutes by a rogue employee. I guess the word must finally be getting out-and having an impact,” he tweeted early Friday morning.

He then resumed his usual programming with a second tweet saying: “Everybody is asking why the Justice Department (and FBI) isn’t looking into all of the dishonesty going on with Crooked Hillary & the Dems.”

My Twitter account was taken down for 11 minutes by a rogue employee. I guess the word must finally be getting out-and having an impact.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2017

Everybody is asking why the Justice Department (and FBI) isn't looking into all of the dishonesty going on with Crooked Hillary & the Dems..

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2017

Earlier Twitter said the President’s account was “inadvertently deactivated due to human error by a Twitter employee.”

“The account was down for 11 minutes, and has since been restored,” it tweeted. “We are continuing to investigate and are taking steps to prevent this from happening again.”

It didn’t take long for praise to pour in for the employee’s actions.

Now that's what I call customer support. Well done, departed employee; please accept this toast and the thanks of a grateful nation.

— Felina (@FelinaBlanc) November 3, 2017

Can we celibate him or her as a international hero? Maybe a statue in the U.N.?

— Johan Melander (@thea3u) November 3, 2017

An American hero! pic.twitter.com/pH1qINyaPA

— Indomitable Wisdom (@alyse_wisdom) November 3, 2017

Not all heroes wear capes.

— David Betz (@DFBetz) November 3, 2017

Ill remember a special day when someone stepped out of their box into the light and boldly went where no one has gone before. pic.twitter.com/AV2N17zdpS

— she......persisted! (@shepersisted12) November 3, 2017

The disappearance of Mr Trump’s account caused a frenzy online.

About 10am AEDT those who went on to the US President’s page got an error message saying: “Sorry, that page doesn’t exist”.

But just a few minutes later it reappeared. Mr Trump’s Twitter did not acknowledge the temporary disappearance and later posted a tweet about tax cuts.

Donald Trump's Twitter account disappeared briefly.

Through our investigation we have learned that this was done by a Twitter customer support employee who did this on the employee’s last day. We are conducting a full internal review. https://t.co/mlarOgiaRF

— Twitter Government (@TwitterGov) November 3, 2017

About half an hour earlier, Mr Trump had tweeted a video about his nomination of Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve.

He had also posted a number of tweets about the move of Broadcom headquarters back to the US and the cancellation of the diversity visa lottery program following the New York truck rampage.

Overnight Mr Trump drew criticism for his comments that the alleged driver should be sent to Guantánamo Bay detention camp and get the death penalty.

The disappearance of Mr Trump’s account sparked speculation about whether it was deleted by Twitter or if the President did it himself. Some simply rejoiced in the President’s brief absence from social media.

did.... did Twitter just delete Donald Trump's account? https://t.co/nfv0stKdA7 pic.twitter.com/26H1qgaO2H

— Josh Butler (@JoshButler) November 2, 2017

So did President Twitter Fingers delete his account? #DonaldTrump

— Feeling.Michelle (@MzChelleowell) November 2, 2017

We’ll all remember where we were during the 10 minutes of peace while Donald Trump’s Twitter account was down.

— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) November 2, 2017

#donaldtrump is off twitter and all of twitter's like: pic.twitter.com/hr0oPdTueF

— Carie Gladding (@cariegladding) November 2, 2017

Many people have been hoping this was true for a long time...#DonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/rW9bHtt2Qt

— Tim Rosen (@timrosen35) November 2, 2017

Where were you when you heard that Trump's twitter account had been deleted?

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) November 2, 2017

Polls suggest deleting his Twitter is like the most popular thing Trump could do other than require background checks on all gun purchases

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 2, 2017

I was there for the great vanishing of Donald Trump's Twitter account.

Nov 2, 2017.

— Justin Jacobs (@justinjacobs) November 2, 2017

Uh, guys? Trump's twitter is back from the upside-down. Can only imagine what it's brought back with it. May god help us all.

— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) November 2, 2017

Trump's twitter account vanishing and then reappearing moments later is the best evidence yet that the events of the past 2 years are the result of warring sects of time travellers

— Nfinit (@Nfinit) November 2, 2017

If Trump's Twitter is down, does this technically mean he's no longer POTUS?I mean, it's the only part of the job he pays attention to.

— John Schindler (@20committee) November 2, 2017

Trump's Twitter is down. Now he can finally dig into the details of tax reform and healthcare, like he always wanted to.

— Fredrick Soukup (@21stcenturyfred) November 2, 2017

Others blamed left wing supporters for censoring free speech.

The biggest story here is that the left all had orgasms over free speech being censored. What does that tell you? https://t.co/qsNCMRzToA

— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) November 3, 2017

Leftists were popping champagne corks for that 15 mins Trump's Twitter went down.

What does that tell you about their view of free speech?

— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) November 2, 2017

If Trump's Twitter ever mysteriously goes down it will be the end of free speech. Trump army will not allow this to happen.

— Mike (@mike_Zollo) November 2, 2017

I bet Trump’s twitter going down was intentional! They hate that our President takes his message straight to the people bypassing the MSM.

— Educating Liberals (@Education4Libs) November 3, 2017

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