Trump v Twitter: US President tries two sneaky tricks to outsmart ban

Despite Twitter permanently suspending and deleting the profile of Donald Trump, the US President found a way to share four tweets. Photo / AP

US President Donald Trump isn't letting go of Twitter without a fight, as evidenced by two sneaky attempts to get around today's permanent suspension of his account.

First, the US President found a way to share four tweets from the official @POTUS account.

The tweet thread was posted and deleted almost immediately before being sent as a statement to reporters, where it was credited to the President.

A message from President Trump on the government @POTUS via Twitter for iPhone: "...STAY TUNED!" pic.twitter.com/e8o6ZlraAT

— Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) January 9, 2021

In his rant, Trump blasted the social media giant, claiming it is working with the "Democrats and the Radical left" to silence him and the "75,000,000 great patriots" who voted for him. He also hinted at building his own platform and announced he would have a "big announcement soon".

Then the Trump campaign's digital director, Gary Coby, appeared to hand his Twitter account over to the President.

The name on the account was changed to "Donald Trump" and one tweet posted alerting White House social media director Dan Scavino to "my twitter login". Five minutes later, the account was suspended.

We are literally playing whack a mole with the president on Twitter what the hell is really going on

— Hó'nehe (@NativeProgress) January 9, 2021

Twitter going after every account Donald Trump logs into. #TrumpBanned pic.twitter.com/LLUlZHK1BS

— Heather (@itisheathertime) January 9, 2021

Trump just asked if he could borrow my Twitter account.

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 9, 2021

Trump is switching between his government accounts and his aides' accounts and getting kicked off immediately.

Twitter is out here just straight up playing whack-a-Donald. This is such a hilarious end to a terrible week.

— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) January 9, 2021

While Trump was briefly allowed back on Twitter after a 12-hour ban, the permanent suspension comes amid fears he will continue to use the platform to incite violence after Thursday's unprecedented riots at the US Capitol.

In what would be the final tweets to be published on his account, Trump took to Twitter on Saturday morning and wrote: "The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!"

And then: "To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th."

After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.https://t.co/CBpE1I6j8Y

— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 8, 2021

Rudy Giuliani on Trump’s Twitter suspension: “Well, I think it’s a violation of free speech, obviously” pic.twitter.com/rKQnNJCOG9

— Rohit Kachroo (@RohitKachrooITV) January 8, 2021

Currently, Democrats in Congress are "moving rapidly" towards impeaching Trump again, even after his speech yesterday acknowledging a "new administration" would take power on January 20.