Stephen King has returned to the social media web site X simply three months after shutting his account down.
In November 2024, the well-known horror writer, 77, slammed the Elon Musk-owned platform for being ‘too poisonous’ and deleted numerous his tweets.
King, who famously wrote It, The Shining, and Carrie, had beforehand been crucial of SpaceX proprietor Musk, 53, and present American President Donald Trump, 78.
And it seems that President Trump and the Division of Authorities Effectivity head Musk are nonetheless the goal of King’s ire regardless of the three-month hiatus.
Making his first tweets because the center of November, he stated ‘I’m baaaack! Did you miss me?’ and then adopted up with one other assault on Trump and Musk.
The American novelist wrote: ‘Simply needed to say that Trump is a traitorous, Putin-loving d*****t! Goes double for Elon!’
Trump and Musk have been intently related because the former’s victory within the November 2024 election, with Musk being described by some as Trump’s ‘right-hand man’.
In an interview broadcast on Thursday, Musk, sitting subsequent to Trump, stated he ‘liked the President’ and declared his perception that Trump is a ‘good man’.
‘At this level, I’ve spent a variety of time with the president, and not as soon as have I seen him do one thing that was imply or merciless or flawed. Not as soon as.’
King moved over to different social media web sites after leaving X, together with Threads and BlueSky, the place he continued to make accusations in opposition to Trump and Musk in relation to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
‘You may’t name Elon Musk the President-elect, as a result of he wasn’t elected. Actually, having been born in Pretoria, he’s ineligible to turn out to be president.
He continued, arguing that Trump isn’t actually in cost regardless of his title: ‘Nonetheless, [Musk] is operating the present. You realize that, nevertheless it bears repeating.’
Ever since his first Presidential time period began in 2016, Trump has been accused by Democrats – and Democrat-voting celebrities – of getting shut ties to Putin and Russia.
Within the run-up to the 2024 US Presidential election, King was a vocal supporter of former Vice President Kamala Harris’ marketing campaign.
‘Final tweet from me (in all probability not from the Musk-Man) earlier than Election Day: For those who love democracy, please vote for Kamala Harris.’
It’s not the primary time King has come to blows with Musk on X, saying in 2022 that he would stop if the platform would cost customers $20 (£16) to use a blue verification tick.
Additionally in 2022, the Cujo writer referred to Trump as a ‘horrible President’ and a ‘horrible individual,’ alleging that he ‘engaged in prison behaviour’.
In 2016, he stated that listening to Trump’s speeches made him really feel like he was listening to a ‘piano falling down the steps,’ however admitted that he had a ‘actual shot’ of profitable that yr’s election.
Trump was victorious over Hillary Clinton in 2016, however misplaced the 2020 election to Joe Biden, beginning his second time period after defeating Harris in the latest Presidential vote in 2024.
King returned to X on the eve of the discharge of horror movie The Monkey, directed by Osgood Perkins, which relies on a 1980 quick story King wrote.
The comedy horror has been celebrated by critics, with its Rotten Tomatoes rating at present standing at a formidable 80% after its launch.
James Bond contender Theo James stars as twins Invoice and Hal within the blood-soaked movie that turns lethal when the twins discover their father’s outdated toy within the attic.
When the trailer dropped on YouTube, Petro Kruczynski enthused: ‘It’s gonna be loopy and superior! Pure horror movie magic from Perkins.’
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