Musk Seizes @America Handle To Promote Trump

October 7, 2024 Social Media, Trump cultists

Matt Binder reports at Disruptionist:

X owner Elon Musk has once again hijacked a rare coveted username from its original user. This time, however, the takeover wasn’t for the good of X the company, it was so Musk could promote Donald Trump for president.

On Saturday, Musk began promoting his pro-Trump Super PAC, called America PAC, using a brand new handle @America. “Read @America to understand why I’m supporting Trump for President,” Musk’s new bio said as of approximately 1:30pm ET on Saturday, Oct. 5.

The original @America user had previously criticized both Trump and Musk. Posts exist on the account from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic called Musk “irresponsible” and Trump’s actions “anti-American.”

Read the full article. Musk previously seized @X.

over the weekend X / Twitter took the @America handle from the original user who registered it

the handle now belongs to Elon Musk and his Super PAC set up to support Donald Trump

here’s everything we know: https://t.co/ciIaAaPQQ5

— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) October 7, 2024