Elon Musk appears to have turned to the Latin phrase “Vox Populi, Vox Dei” to decide the fate of former US President Donald Trump on Twitter – if the phrase sounds unfamiliar to you, we have found its meaning.

Trump was banned from Twitter in January 2021. He was restricted from using the platform.

The former POTUS’ presence on social media has been long-debated and the Tesla owner has now set up a poll on his official account to decide if Trump should be reinstated on Twitter.

But, the choice is yours!

Before sharing the Latin phrase, Elon set up a poll on Friday, that would run for 24 hours. It asks if you want to “Reinstate former President Trump”.

At the time of writing this story, 59.5 per cent of people have voted in favor of it, while 40.5 per cent feel Trump shouldn’t be restored on the social media platform.

The final decision, the Twitter boss suggests, will purely be based on the people’s vote – “Vox Populi, Vox Dei”, he tweeted and the Latin phrase has a deeper meaning.

At the time of writing, Trump has not been allowed back on Twitter.

Reinstate former President Trump

‘Vox Populi, Vox Dei’ translates to “the voice of the people is the voice of God”.

In this context, Elon is leaving it up to Twitter users to decide if they would like to have Trump back, regardless of the reasons why he was banned in the first place.

The former POTUS’s ban on other platforms like Facebook and Instagram, and the inability to post on YouTube remain intact, but it looks like the Twitter owner is considering the possibility of giving him a voice on Twitter again.

Truth Social has been the former President’s go-to platform, which he founded in October 2021. It was apparently aimed at “rivaling Twitter“.

Only yesterday, an irrational fear of Twitter “shutting down” swept the platform and Elon responded to rumors with a meme of his own.

As Twitter office buildings have been temporarily closed until Monday, many assumed the functioning of the platform would be impacted as well, resulting in an assumption that the platform was ending for good.

However, no official reports have been released by Twitter to address the speculations.

HITC and GRV Media have reached out to Twitter for comment.