Donald Trump’s ban from Twitter is permanent - even if he decides to launch another bid to become the US President.
Twitter chief financial officer Ned Segal said that anyone found to be inciting violence on the platform will ‘not be allowed back’.
The former US President is currently in the midst of a second impeachment trial following shameful riots at the Capitol last month.
He has been accused of inciting the violent scenes that left five people dead.
The 74-year-old Republican was permanently suspended from Twitter after the incident due to the “risk of further incitement of violence”.
Speaking to CNBC yesterday, Ned Segal said: “When you are removed from the platform, you are removed from the platform whether you are a commentator or a CFO or a former or current public official.
“Our policies are designed to ensure that people are not inciting violence and if anyone does that then we have to remove them from the service and our policies do not allow them to come back.”
In a statement released after Trump’s ban from Twitter, the company said that two of his tweets violated its ‘Glorification of Violence’ policy.
It read: “After close review of recent tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them - specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter - we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.
"In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter rules would potentially result in this very course of action.
"Our public interest framework exists to enable the public to hear from elected officials and world leaders directly. It is built on a principle that the people have a right to hold power to account in the open.
"However, we made it clear going back years that these accounts are not above our rules entirely and cannot use Twitter to incite violence, among other things.
"We will continue to be transparent around our policies and their enforcement.”
Donald Trump’s impeachment trial at the US Senate got underway earlier this week.
Conviction, which is considered to be unlikely, could lead a vote to stop Trump from running for office again.
Two-thirds of the Senate must vote to convict, meaning that at least 17 Republicans would have to defy Trump’s continuing popularity among Republican voters.
