Elon Musk has announced Donald Trump can return to Twitter after the former US President was banned from the social media site after the US Capitol riots.
Musk held a vote on Trump's Twitter reinstatement, with 51.8% voting 'Yes'.
More than 15 million Twitter users cast a vote in the poll.
"Vox Populi, Vox Dei," Musk declared following the result, which is Latin for "the voice of the people is the voice of God".
The Twitter owner, who bought the social media giant for $44 billion last month, says that 134 million people saw the poll on Trump's return.
Mr Trump claims he has no intention of returning to Twitter despite having almost 90 million followers prior to his ban and will stick to his new social media platform, Truth Social.
But shortly after Musk's announcement on Twitter, the former president's account reappeared on the social media platform.
While it still had over 1.2million followers, it was not following any other users.
Mr Trump's last tweet was posted on January 9 2021, reading: "To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th."
All of his former tweets also reappeared when the account was reinstated - more than 59,000 of them.
Mr Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter in January 2021 following the US Capitol riots, with Twitter saying the decision was taken "due to the risk of further incitement of violence".
Mr Musk previously called Trump's Twitter ban a "mistake" and "morally wrong".
The Tesla and SpaceX founder is facing a mass walkout of Twitter staff after announcing that they would be required to work longer and more intense shift patterns.
He reportedly gave staff a deadline of 5pm Eastern Time on Thursday to respond "Yes" on a Google form if they are willing to stay employed at what he is calling "Twitter 2.0".
Mr Musk fired approximately half of the company's 7,500-strong workforce when he took over last month.
Many high-profile resignations of senior executives at the company have since followed.
The US Federal Trade Commission said it was watching Twitter with "deep concern" after four of the company's privacy and compliance officers resigned.
Mr Musk appeared unfazed by the mass departures, tweeting on Thursday: "The best people are staying, so I’m not super worried."
Musk has also announced plans to start charging Twitter users $8 a month for the blue 'verified' tick.
