Donald Trump's Twitter Account Briefly Goes Missing, Twitter Rejoices

Donald Trump’s personal Twitter account appeared to have been deactivated for a few minutes on Thursday, briefly sending the social media platform spiraling with speculation about the cause.

The @realDonaldTrump account went down around 3:55 p.m. PT on Thursday afternoon, but was back up within 10 minutes. The reason for the outage wasn’t immediately clear, and representatives for Twitter have not yet returned TheWrap’s request for comment.

Users attempting to view Trump’s profile were met with a “Sorry, that page doesn’t exist!” message, leading some to wonder whether the account had been suspended, deleted voluntarily, or if they were experiencing some kind of technical glitch.

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When the account went back online, users began to joke about the short respite from the president’s combative Twitter presence, and the historical significance of seeing the first prolific tweeter to inhabit the White House going offline.

“We’ll all remember where we were during the 10 minutes of peace while Donald Trump’s Twitter account was down,” wrote comedian Mike Drucker.

“I survived the Trump twitter outage,” wrote Think Progress founder Judd Legum, who memorialized the moment with the hashtag #neverforget.

Trump’s last tweet was a video of his press conference announcing Jerome Powell as his nominee to replace Janet Yellen as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. That missive was sent at 3:35 p.m. PT.

Trump's Twitter account appears to be down. pic.twitter.com/VLNfnGcz6H

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 2, 2017

For five minutes we were all reminded of what life was like when we never had to give a single thought to the diseased brain of Donald Trump

— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) November 2, 2017

I survived the Trump twitter outage

November 2, 2017

6:58PM to 7:04PM #neverforget

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 2, 2017

rip trump-free twitter never forget

— Mary Ellen (@alissacaliente) November 2, 2017

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

https://twitter.com/davidlsims/status/926220569955184647

Feel like I need to re-evaluate my life choices after reflecting on my reaction to Trump's Twitter.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 2, 2017

https://twitter.com/imjasondiamond/status/926223169316380677

https://twitter.com/cabel/status/926223270692696071

9 People #BlockedByTrump on Twitter, From Chrissy Teigen to Stephen King (Photos)

While Donald Trump likes to dole out criticism on Twitter, he certainly doesn't like to receive it. And lately, he's even blocking people for doing it. Here is the (growing) list of noteworthy people who have been #BlockedByTrump on his favorite social media platform.
Chrissy Teigen

After years of trolling him, this model finally got #BlockedByTrump in July 2017. Apparently, what broke POTUS' back wasn't being called a "twat;" it was being told, "lol no one likes you."

Also Read: Chrissy Teigen Says Trump Blocked Her on Twitter ‘After 9 Years of Hating’ Him
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Stephen King
The horror novelist and frequent Trump critic alerted fans in June 2017 that he had beed blocked by POTUS. Fortunately, King won't have to miss out: "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling offered to DM Trump tweets directly to him.
"Morning Joe" hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski
President Trump didn't explicitly block Scarborough and Brzezinski, but he did unfollow them. The "Morning Joe" duo are politically conservative, but emerged as vocal Trump critics in late 2016.
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Bess Kalb
Trump blocked the "Jimmy Kimmel Live" writer after she hurled a few jokes at him. Afterward, Kalb tweeted that she was mortified yet unsurprised "that the leader of the free world could be so wounded by the gentle ribbing of a comedy writer." She also called Trump a "snowflake."

Also Read: Jimmy Kimmel Writer Bess Kalb Mocks ‘Snowflake’ Trump for Blocking Her on Twitter
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VoteVets
Trump blocked the progressive veterans advocacy group after it harshly criticized his Muslim travel ban and his potential links with Russia. But VoteVets was unfazed, later tweeting, "The Commander in Chief can block @VoteVets, the voice of 500k military veterans and families, but we will NOT be silenced."
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Holly O'Reilly
The musician/activist was probably #BlockedByTrump after tweeting a photo of him and an all-black-clad Melania with the caption, "Dress for the job you want. #widow," or calling him a "bloody idiot." O'Reilly claims Trump violated her constitutional rights by blocking her, and after it happened, told Time, "It's like FDR took my radio away."
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Andy Signore
The Emmy-nominated writer was incensed after Trump took London Mayor Sadiq Khan's words out of context, then claimed Khan didn't care about the victims of the London terror attacks. So Signore slammed Trump on Twitter - and was blocked in return.
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John Niven
The "Kill Your Friends" author is a #BlockedByTrump O.G; Trump blocked him sometime around November 9, 2016. Niven turned a screenshot of the block notification into a badge of honor, tweeting "I'm blocked on Twitter by the President of the United States. Strange days."
Twitter
Jimmy Smagula
This actor was #BlockedByTrump, but not by first daughter Ivanka, a fact he used to his advantage after she tweeted a widely-mocked tribute to "my LGBT friends" at the start of Pride Month. "TELL YOUR A****** FATHER AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT" he said on June 2.
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The president has been increasingly busy curating who, and who cannot see him on his favorite social media platform

While Donald Trump likes to dole out criticism on Twitter, he certainly doesn't like to receive it. And lately, he's even blocking people for doing it. Here is the (growing) list of noteworthy people who have been #BlockedByTrump on his favorite social media platform.

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9 People #BlockedByTrump on Twitter, From Chrissy Teigen to Stephen King (Photos)

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