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By Jennifer Meierhans
BBC Business reporter
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Elon Musk says if his bid to buy Twitter is successful he will reverse Donald Trump's ban from the platform.
The richest man in the world agreed a $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover bid with the Twitter board last month.
But he said it was not a done deal and that ideally it would be completed in the next two to three months.
Twitter's decision to ban the former US president was "morally wrong and flat-out stupid", Mr Musk told the Financial Times Future of the Car summit.
In January 2021, Twitter said the former US president's account was "permanently suspended...due to the risk of further incitement of violence" following the storming of the Capitol.
But the Tesla owner told the Financial Times: "I would reverse the permanent ban but I don't own Twitter yet."
"Banning Donald Trump didn't end Trump's voice. It will amplify it among the right," he said.
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