You Made America Better For 11 Minutes: Hilarious Tweets On Trump’s Twitter Fiasco

Created: Nov 04, 2017, 12:25 IST | Updated: Nov 04, 2017, 12:34 IST

A Twitter employee on his last day in office brought down Donald Trump's account for 11 minutes on Friday, leading to the US President retorting: "I guess the word must finally be getting out-and having an impact".

My Twitter account was taken down for 11 minutes by a rogue employee. I guess the word must finally be getting out-and having an impact.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2017

A series of tweets issued by Twitter's Government and Elections team later attributed this to a rogue employee.

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 Government (@TwitterGov) November 3, 2017

Twitterati hailed it as "great" and "historic" in some hilarious tweets.

RT funder: I don’t want Trump’s Twitter taken down. Every tweet is evidence. Keep tweeting, Trump. No one tell him Mueller can see them?️ #…

— Bernie Sanders 2020! (@BernieTheBest1) November 3, 2017

Retweeted Ted Lieu (@tedlieu):

Dear Twitter employee who shut down Trump's Twitter: You made America feel better... https://t.co/5oIlIxe9by

— Myra Lowe (@Lowecat) November 3, 2017

Dear Twitter employee who shut down Trump's Twitter: You made America feel better for 11 minutes. DM me & I will buy you a Pizza Hut pizza.

— Ritesh Chandan (@riteshvchandan) November 3, 2017

If the next tweet from Trump's Twitter account is politically, mathematically, scientifically, or grammatically correct.....

He was hacked.

— Frederick Douglass (@gettinnoticedmo) November 3, 2017

Apparently Trump lost 41 million followers in a span of 15 minutes. Another Twitter user approved the move: "Trump's account 'accidentally deactivated' for 15 minutes, Trump's account loses 41 million followers,... Twitter begging to be nationalized."

However, the number of followers were restored and the account now shows 41.7 million. According to The Verge, there have been ongoing calls for Twitter to ban Trump over tweets that critics said could be interpreted as calls to violence.

Twitter replied, saying it would enforce the same rules for Trump as it does for other accounts.