Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised the Nigerian government’s decision to block access to Twitter, and called on other countries to do the same.
Trump applauded the Nigerian government’s move to indefinitely suspend Twitter’s activities, two days after the social media giant removed a post by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists in the West African country.
“Congratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter because they banned their President,” Trump said in a statement.
“More COUNTRIES should ban Twitter and Facebook for not allowing free and open speech—all voices should be heard.”
“In the meantime, competitors will emerge and take hold,” Trump continued.
“Who are they to dictate good and evil if they themselves are evil?”
The former president suggested that the reason why he didn’t ban Facebook while he was in office was because Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg “kept calling me and coming to the White House for dinner telling me how great I was.”
“2024?” Trump added, teasing a potential presidential run.