Twitter and Facebook suspended the account of Donald Trump in early 2021.
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The Michael Berry ShowSep 23, 2026
Multiple tier1 sources (AP, Reuters, BBC) confirm Twitter permanently suspended President Trump's account on January 8, 2021, and tier2/tier1 sources confirm Facebook suspended his accounts in early January 2021. The claim's extraction drops the 'sitting president...
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… So please ask a question, and I'd ask you to be polite enough to let me answer it. Yeah, the King of Ding, and this other guy Michael Barry, these are the kind of guys you like to smack in the ass. Flashback to 2021. Thank you. Twitter and Facebook have just suspended the account of the sitting president of the United States. This is early 2021, before he leaves office, and they take a shot at uh Trump. And what they're doing is this is just like when Reagan was being inaugurated and Carter was on his way out. The Iranis freed the hostages. …
The Michael Berry Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. AP and Reuters report Twitter permanently suspended President Donald Trump's account on Friday, January 8, 2021, citing risk of further incitement of violence.[1][2]
Supports. Facebook suspended Trump's account on January 6-7, 2021 and later extended the block indefinitely, as reported by Reuters, LA Times, and NBC10.[2][3][4]
Supports. The Oversight Board later upheld Facebook's January 2021 suspension of Trump's accounts, confirming the suspension occurred.[5]
Context. The claim's wording was taken from a passage posted in September 2026 that refers back to 2021; the sources confirm the events occurred in early 2021 as described.[1][6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 3 not rated, 1 tier 1
- 1Twitter bans Trump, citing risk of violent incitement | AP Newsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account, cites ‘incitement of violence' riskreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Trump returns to Twitter after Facebook extends ban through inaugurationlatimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Twitter Permanently Suspends Trump Account, Citing ‘Risk of ...nbcphiladelphia.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Donald Trump Facebook Suspension Upheld by Oversight Board Rulingvariety.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Twitter 'permanently suspends' Trump's accountbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: context
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