Ye, Andrew Tate, and Former President Trump have had their Twitter Accounts Restored and This is How it Went

As promised, Twitter owner Elon Musk has restored several highly influential Twitter accounts that had previously been banned for harmful and hateful material that violated the social media platform’s free speech policies. Ye, formerly known as musician Kanye West, former kickboxer and internet influence Andrew Tate, and former President Donald Trump are now back on the app and things went exactly as expected.

Ye’s account was restricted after a series of antisemitic tweets last month and in one of his first tweets since regaining access to his account, the musician tweeted “Shalom :).” It is unclear whether or not Ye’s intention was to invoke the literal meaning of the Hebrew word, which means ‘peace’, as a form of an apology to the Jewish community, or for it to be interpreted as really sarcastic.

Andrew Tate was originally banned from the social media platform back in 2017 for misogynistic comments about women. Tate’s first tweet was to let Musk know that he would be traveling to Twitter HQ to, “tell Elon Musk he’s a legend.” This response also did not come as a surprise as alpha-male men like Tate who view women as inferior love to use the word ‘legend’ to describe other dudes.

President Trump has yet to tweet anything from his newly restored account, which was banned after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, and has said that he does not intend to return to the platform. Nonetheless, supporters of his have tweeted about his return. Kari Lake, who has declined to concede her Governor’s race loss in Arizona, tweeted “He’s back” and US Congresswoman Lauren Boebert tweeted “Welcome back.” In a way, they are right, as Trump will likely not be able to resist making fun of his party opponent Ron DeSantis for being more qualified for the presidency than he is. Or to make fun of Ted Cruz, which wouldn’t be a surprise either.