# Twitter finally locks Trump out **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 7, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866 "2021-01-07T00:43:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/1 "2021-01-07T00:43:35Z")
> **[Facebook and Twitter temporarily lock Trump's account after riot on Capitol...](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/01/06/tech/twitter-lock-trump-account/index.html)** > > Facebook and Twitter took the extraordinary step on Wednesday of locking President Donald Trump's account on their platforms after his supporters stormed the Capitol building to protest the election. There’s a further possibility he could be banned altogether. Welcome your newest nutjob, Parler! (Autocorrect suggested Parolee as an alternative. I’m ok with this.) ---
**Author:** ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/2 "2021-01-07T01:15:42Z")
Two weeks early. I think we know what’s going to happen to his account on January 20th. I expect historians will save the archives of his Tweets in a database for future generations. (To snicker at? Quite likely.) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/3 "2021-01-07T01:19:20Z")
> [@Kimera757](#): > > Two weeks early. I think we know what’s going to happen to his account on January 20th. - At least this two weeks will actually happen. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/4 "2021-01-07T01:21:30Z")
I assume he’s already started spewing nonsense on Parler? I’m not going over there to find out. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/5 "2021-01-07T01:29:17Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > I’m not going over there to find out. I double-dog dare you! ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/6 "2021-01-07T01:30:08Z")
Aah, you’re old man is full of it! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/7 "2021-01-07T01:37:42Z")
We’ll he’s got to compile a library somehow. It sure as fuck ain’t gonna be books he’s written, read, or tripped over. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/8 "2021-01-07T01:38:04Z")
Ha, ha! /Nelson ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/9 "2021-01-07T01:41:52Z")
Correction, Twitter is not locking him out for 12 hours, they are locking him out for 12 hours AFTER he removes his tweets about the election. Which he might not even want to do. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/10 "2021-01-07T01:42:47Z")
Twitter removed those tweets and locked him out ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/11 "2021-01-07T01:47:11Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > We’ll he’s got to compile a library somehow. It sure as fuck ain’t gonna be books he’s written, read, or tripped over. Well there’s one book he can include… > **[Donald Trump's ex-wife once said Trump kept a book of Hitler's speeches by...](https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trumps-ex-wife-once-said-he-kept-a-book-of-hitlers-speeches-by-his-bed-2015-8)** > > "If, I had these speeches, and I am not saying that I do, I would never read them." ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/12 "2021-01-07T01:48:40Z")
> [@](#): > > “This means that the account of [@realDonaldTrump](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump) will be locked for 12 hours following the removal of these Tweets,” Twitter added hours later. “If the Tweets are not removed, the account will remain locked.” This is the message from Twitter, to me it clearly implies they are not removing the tweets themselves. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/13 "2021-01-07T01:51:40Z")
Does it mean they are demanding that he _himself_ withdraw them from his account, as opposed to Twitter just blocking them from distribution? ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/14 "2021-01-07T02:11:07Z")
I don’t have a Twitter account, but it is my understanding that they do require the poster to remove the offending content themselves. Perhaps they see it as an act of reconciliation or something. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/15 "2021-01-07T02:16:37Z")
> **[Facebook and Twitter lock Trump's accounts after posting video praising rioters](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/facebook-youtube-twitter-remove-video-trump-amid-chaos-capitol-n1253157)** > > The video showed Trump repeating unfounded claims that the election was taken from him and encouraging his supporters to disperse after violence erupted at the Capitol. Facebook, too. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/16 "2021-01-07T03:18:32Z")
I see it like shoving the dogs nose in it and saying “look what you did!” On a side note, even through the offending tweets and posts are deleted, nothing on the internet ever truly disappears. Does anyone have a link to a screen shot of them? I’d like to know what sword finally slayed the dragon. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/17 "2021-01-07T03:22:00Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I see it like shoving the dogs nose in it and saying “look what you did!” Hehehe, but the dog still doesn’t have to clean it up. I’m pretty sure I’d still be waiting for the treasures left by some long-departed friends to disappear if that was the policy. I’m not allowing javascript to view the tweets, but this site supposedly archives the whole enchilada, deleted tweets and all: > **[Trump Twitter Archive](https://www.thetrumparchive.com/)** > > All 50,000+ of Trump's tweets, instantly searchable ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/18 "2021-01-07T06:22:37Z")
Currently the President is in Twitter timeout, but he is free to launch a nuclear weapon. We live in the dumbest timeline. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/19 "2021-01-07T06:44:53Z")
I’m not sure Trump knows how to send the order for a nuclear strike without access to Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866/20 "2021-01-07T07:12:04Z")
Good point. He still has the capacity to launch nuclear weapons but can’t be trusted to use Twitter or Facebook. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-finally-locks-trump-out/929866.md?page=2)