President Trump’s infamous Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump went offline briefly on Thursday, setting forth a wave of confusion and emotions.
Some wondered if Trump had been suspended for violating Twitter’s terms of service, which many people have been calling for.
But then he was back! The outage lasted just minutes.
Here’s what Twitter said about the incident:
Twitter then posted the following update.
Trump’s Twitter account has been under scrutiny, not only because he’s the U.S. president, but because he uses it a lot. He’s tweeted more than 36,000 times and it’s often stirred up controversy.
Some have questioned whether his threatening tweets to North Korea were at odds with Twitter’s terms and conditions.