In the wake of the 6 January 2021 riot in Washington DC, Twitter said in a statement: “We have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence”. Since then Mr Trump has been posting on Truth Social, his own Twitter-like social media platform. However, it is not widely used. Donald Trump has posted on X, formerly Twitter, after he surrendered on charges of plotting to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. Mr Trump’s first post was of his mugshot, with the words “Never Surrender” and a campaign website link. Before his suspension, Twitter was the main platform used by Mr Trump to communicate with his followers. After he was elected, he credited it as a key reason for his successful run for the presidency. Was the Trump’s twitter account suspension to make Trump popular before the next general elections ?