They are furious that the public has not only voted fairly and freely, for a change, but that the decisions the public voted for are implemented immediately, instead of being buried as usual in the archive of the election campaign promises.

"The people have spoken," tweeted Mr Musk, saying that 51.8% of more than 15 million Twitter users voted for the ban to be lifted.

The excuse to block the nation's number one political opponent from being able to communicate with voters was “due to the risk of incitement of violence”. This while he never called for violence, and while real terrorists - such as the Iranian president - remain free on the platform.

But the former US president may not return to the platform, having earlier said: "I don't see any reason for it".