{"id":557522,"date":"2021-06-08T19:36:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T23:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=557522"},"modified":"2021-06-08T19:36:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T23:36:21","slug":"trump-congratulates-nigeria-for-banning-twitter-says-more-countries-should-ban-twitter-and-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-congratulates-nigeria-for-banning-twitter-says-more-countries-should-ban-twitter-and-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Congratulates Nigeria For Banning Twitter, Says \u2018More COUNTRIES Should Ban Twitter And Facebook\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-congratulates-nigeria-for-banning-twitter-says-more-countries-should-ban-twitter-and-facebook%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=557522&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/trump-3-scaled-e1622041643164.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump released a statement on Tuesday congratulating Nigeria for banning their citizens from accessing Twitter\u2019s platform, encouraging other nations to follow suit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter because they banned their President. More COUNTRIES should ban Twitter and Facebook for not allowing free and open speech\u2014all voices should be heard,\u201d a statement from Trump read in part.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.1212121212121\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Donald Trump statement on Nigeria banning Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2024?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HUq12B6ZuU\">pic.twitter.com\/HUq12B6ZuU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The First (@TheFirstonTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFirstonTV\/status\/1402375664091734038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nigeria issued the ban after Twitter deleted one of Nigerian President\u00a0Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s tweets, which was criticized for encouraging violence, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/06\/07\/twitter-blocked-in-nigeria-after-deleting-president-buharis-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump recently expressed similar <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/04\/white-house-trump-hints-potential-2024-run-mark-zuckerberg-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outrage<\/a> after Facebook announced their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/04\/facebook-suspends-donald-trump-two-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">decision<\/a> to uphold the ban placed on Trump for his statements on <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/06\/hill-staff-evacuate-trump-supporters-storm-capitol-building-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jan. 6<\/a> for a minimum two year period. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/08\/mara-gay-new-york-times-msnbc-morning-joe-disturbing-american-flags-capitol-riot-january-6-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Mara Gay Says It\u2019s \u2018Disturbing\u2019 To See American Flags In America, Blames White Trump Supporters\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.055118110236\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Statement from former Pres. Trump:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNext time I\u2019m in the White House there will be no more dinners, at his request, with Mark Zuckerberg and his wife. It will be all business!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Y8rkFHxG0\">pic.twitter.com\/2Y8rkFHxG0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexsalvinews\/status\/1400886677724352513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In his statement today, Trump took another shot at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and once again hinted at a potential 2024 Presidential bid. Trump also expressed reluctance for not having banned Twitter while he was in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho are they to dictate good and evil if they themselves are evil? Perhaps I should have done it while I was President. But Zuckerberg kept calling me and coming to the White House for dinner telling me how great I was. 2024?\u201d said Trump of Facebook and Twitter in his statement.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook\u2019s Oversight Board will reevaluate the ban on Trump\u2019s account on Jan.7 2023 to\u00a0\u00a0\u201cassess whether the risk to public safety has receded,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/04\/donald-trump-criticizes-facebook-two-year-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> from Facebook\u2019s Vice President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg.<\/p>\n<p>Trump recently <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/02\/trump-blog-jason-miller-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shutdown his blog<\/a> and suggested that he could start his own social media platform. His spokesman Jason Miller stated that such a platform could be launched as early as this summer during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/newsfront\/jason-miller-social-media-desk-save-america\/2021\/06\/02\/id\/1023638\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newsmax<\/a> interview last week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.1092150170648\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Former President Donald Trump \u201cis developing his own social media program \u2013 something very special is coming.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasonMillerinDC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JasonMillerinDC<\/a> says \u201cthis summer is realistic \u2013 at the very short end, 4-6 weeks.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VlT7z8v2lm\">https:\/\/t.co\/VlT7z8v2lm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cdEEoGTgQr\">pic.twitter.com\/cdEEoGTgQr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Newsmax (@newsmax) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/newsmax\/status\/1400998809950330880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump released a statement on Tuesday congratulating Nigeria for banning their citizens from accessing Twitter\u2019s platform, encouraging other nations to follow suit.\u201cCongratulations to the country of Nigeria, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279687,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/trump-3-scaled-e1622041643164.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Trump Congratulates Nigeria For Banning Twitter, Says \u2018More COUNTRIES Should Ban Twitter And Facebook\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-557522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/trump-3-scaled-e1622041643164.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Trump Congratulates Nigeria For Banning Twitter, Says \u2018More COUNTRIES Should Ban Twitter And Facebook\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}