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Former President Donald Trump put out a statement Tuesday commending Nigeria for banning Twitter and said more countries should do the same.
Nigeria banned Twitter after the social network took down a tweet that, the New York Times reports, “threatened secessionist groups in the southeast who had been responsible for attacks on government offices.”
Trump’s statement starts with a “congratulations” to Nigeria for banning Twitter, and said, “More COUNTRIES should ban Twitter and Facebook for not allowing free and open speech.”
“In the meantime, competitors will emerge and take hold,” Trump continues. “Who are they to dictate good and evil if they themselves are evil?”
“Perhaps I should have done it while I was President,” he adds, with another dig at Mark Zuckerberg.
Facebook recently upheld Trump’s ban on that platform, and the blog page he was recently using to post his statements is no more.