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Eric Trump: “Elon came in and bought Twitter, as expensive as it was at…”

Featuring: Eric Trump, Executive Vice President of the Trump Organization | National

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Published | Video Starts at 39:11

We needed a way that we couldn't be censored and we couldn't be shut off. And that's why Truth Social went like this. And and then, thank God, Elon came in and bought Twitter, as expensive as it was at the time, is probably the best investment the guy ever made because he restored free speech in this country. And then people got so pissed off at traditional mainstream media that they started tuning them out. My wife, I said this to a different room before, but my wife on a Saturday night. (39:11–39:18)

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Asserts that Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter restored free speech in the U.S.

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