Stephen King Returns to X/Twitter to Slam Donald Trump, Elon Musk

Stephen King made a shock return to X on Feb. 20 to inform off Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the latter of which owns the social media platform. Three months in the past, the horror icon introduced he was leaving X within the aftermath of Trump being reelected U.S. president. King has referred to as Bluesky his social media residence since then.

“I’m baaaack! Did you miss me?” King wrote on X to his 6.8 million followers earlier than including: “Simply wished to say that Trump is a traitorous, Putin-loving dipshit! Goes double for Elon!”

King initially introduced his X exit on Nov. 14, 2024 in a publish during which he defined: “I’m leaving Twitter. Tried to remain, however the ambiance has simply change into too poisonous. Comply with me on Threads, in case you like.” He rapidly gained a following on Bluesky, the place he continued to talk critically of Trump.

“Simply whenever you assume Donald Trump can’t sink decrease or be extra shameful, as we speak he’s blaming Ukraine for the conflict and calling Zelinsky a dictator, when he is aware of completely nicely that Putin’s fixed re-elections are put-up jobs,” King wrote on Bluesky a day earlier than returning X.

In a Bluesky publish per week earlier than his X return, the creator wrote: “Trump and Musk are mainly ignoring the Structure they–Trump, no less than–took an oath to defend.”

King returned to X on the eve of the theatrical launch of Osgood Perkins’ “The Monkey,” which is predicated on his brief story. As of now he’s not selling the film on the social media platform and is simply slamming Trump and and Musk. His publish earned greater than 100,000 likes and counting in 4 hours.