Donald Trump‘s Twitter account appeared to have been down for a few minutes shortly before 7 p.m. EST. Although it was only for a short time, Twitter users noticed it and began wondering what was going on.
During that time, Trump still had his @POTUS page active though.
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“Earlier today @realdonaldtrump‘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. We are continuing to investigate and are taking steps to prevent this from happening again,” Twitter said in a statement.
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The “down time” happened less than a half hour after Trump posted a video of his announcement in the Rose Garden on Thursday that Jerome Powell is his nominee to chair the Federal Reserve.
Today, it was my pleasure and great honor to announce my nomination of Jerome Powell to be the next Chairman of the @FederalReserve. pic.twitter.com/6aDuRy3zws
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2017
Here’s a look at how Twitter users reacted to Trump’s official account going down, even for just a few minutes.
Moments before…
Before that the disappearance of the president’s Twitter, Trump tweeted a video of Broadcom’s announcement revealing it was moving its legal headquarters back to the U.S.
Broadcom’s move to America=$20 BILLION of annual rev into U.S.A., $3+ BILLION/yr. in research/engineering & $6 BILLION/yr. in manufacturing. pic.twitter.com/NsJ4PtVTtl
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2017
But it was soon after that his account just vanished, leaving many to wonder what exactly happened.
No @RealDonaldTrump?
CNET posted a screenshot of what came up when you searched for @RealDonaldTrump during the “down time,” while others alluded to the fact that the past year did not happen.
Looks like @realDonaldTrump account has been deleted… more to come pic.twitter.com/EU2BNlHR8A
— CNET (@CNET) November 2, 2017
IT WAS ALL A DREAM pic.twitter.com/HZaJb0aUX8
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 2, 2017
Some were surprised to see nothing there:
Holy Cheetos, Batman. What has happened to the @realDonaldTrump account? I see no tweets there at all!
— Reynardo the Fox (@Reynardo_red) November 2, 2017
Years from now they’ll ask: Where were you when Donald Trump’s account disappeared for 2 minutes?
— Mary Mc Intyre (@Mc1988) November 2, 2017
I know where I was, I was on twitter. pic.twitter.com/pz7bBoqTVx
Others thought Twitter blocked Trump:
Did twitter just delete @realDonaldTrump’s account?! How can they advocate for free speech & block the President’s account? Outrageous! pic.twitter.com/M7SwlVliMJ
— Democrats for Trump (@YoungDems4Trump) November 2, 2017
It does look like @realDonaldTrump page is down.
— ResisterMac????️? (@MoserMacR) November 2, 2017
Is Twittercide happening? @realDonaldTrump is showing zero tweets.
— Kit Zander (@KitZander66) November 2, 2017
Some were relieved his account was gone…
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
me hearing someone say donald trump’s twitter account is down: pic.twitter.com/kE2CjsNycD
— Monica Patel (@monicapatel917) November 2, 2017
Donald Trump’s Twitter going down for three minutes was the best moment of my entire day.
— Evette Dionne ? (@freeblackgirl) November 2, 2017
What happened?
Trump’s account was back up quickly after the “down time.”
@realDonaldTrump account appears to be back up after vanishing mysteriously earlier @MelMorgan1350 @MediaEqualizer pic.twitter.com/JbcXuA0uLp
— StopTheScalpings (@SScalpings) November 2, 2017
One person joked that other @realDonaldTrump accounts quickly replaced the real one:
You fools! Two @realDonaldTrump Twitter accounts have grown to take its place.
— Edward Stockwell (@EdwardStockwell) November 2, 2017
What is going on with this douchebag’s account lol @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/QbFJY7Sgu6
— Sammi D. (@SeeScienceSam) November 2, 2017
Why is Donald Trump’s twitter account gone?!! pic.twitter.com/zsgOVK352E
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) November 2, 2017
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