Opinion: Banning Trump from Facebook, Twitter Not Enough Days after Trump incited a riot at the U.S. Capitol, Twitter permanently banned him from its platform, and many other social media companies like Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat suspended Trump's accounts as well. by Ryan Calo and Woodrow Hartzog, Los Angeles Times / January 15, 2021 The Twitter icon on a cellphone. On Friday, Twitter permanently banned President Donald Trump from the platform. Dreamstime/TNS (TNS) — Social media finally pulled the plug on Donald Trump . Days after Trump incited a riot at the U.S. Capitol, Twitter permanently banned the president from its platform, and many other social media companies like Facebook, YouTube and