Days after mob overruns U.S. Capitol, Twitter permanently suspends account of President Trump January 8, 2021 at 4:14 pm The @realDonaldTrump Twitter profile on Friday after the account was taken down by Twitter. (Twitter screenshot) Update, Friday, 4:10 p.m.: Twitter announced Friday that it was permanently suspending the account of President Trump, citing what it called “the risk of further incitement of violence” days after a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. The account @realDonaldTrump turned blank on Friday afternoon and the social media company tweeted from its @TwitterSafety account the reasoning behind its decision. After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.https://t.co/CBpE1I6j8Y