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‘Over a Million Followers in the First Hour’ Jake Shields Along With Thousands Shares a Sense of Shock as Ex-POTUS Donald Trump Returns to Twitter

Published 11/20/2022, 2:25 PM EST

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Jake Shields is an MMA legend. He has a record of 16-3-1 in UFC. The former Welterweight champion went on a 13-unbeaten fight run beginning from his UFC debut, which ended in a defeat at the hands of GSP. He was the torchbearer of the UFC in its early days with Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, Rich Franklin, and B. J. Penn. Recently, Shields tweeted about the revival of the 45th President of the USA, Donald J. Trump’s Twitter account.

Former president Donald Trump remains a long and loyal friend of Dana White, the president of UFC. Trump is quite a controversial figure. He has always found himself in the headlines. Although he was elected by the public majority, Donald Trump faced impeachment twice during his tenure. Perhaps being a controversial figure led to his subsequent ban on Twitter during his 2nd impeachment.

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Controversies have surrounded Donald Trump during his presidential tenure. From Building a wall to stop illegal immigration, an apparent Muslim travel ban, to BLM protests. Donald Trump’s tenure was far from smooth sailing.

Donald Trump returns …. on Twitter

‘Chief Twit’ Elon Musk polled on Friday asking whether to bring Donald Trump back on Twitter. The poll ran for over 20 hours and, as a result, the 45th President of the United States retrieved his Twitter account.

The world was shocked to see what happened next. Within an hour, Donald Trump accumulated massive 1 million followers, which kept on growing. Jake Shields, tweeted in shock, saying “Over a million followers in the first hour” along with many celebrities and fans, reacted to the news.

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Many Twitter users faced a glitch where Twitter kept unfollowing them from Trump. Safe to say that Trump broke Twitter.

Shields also took to Twitter to ask his followers, “What should Trump’s first tweet back be?” It remains to be seen what Trump’s first words on Twitter might be.

Dana White’s good friend Trump

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Dana White is the president of the UFC; he took over the organization back in 2001. In his own words, in the beginning, the image of UFC was tarnished due to the vicious nature of the sport. White was having a hard time finding a venue for his events.

This is when Donald Trump helped him out. He let White organize his first two events at Donald Trump’s ‘Taj Mahal’ in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Trump even attended the entire event, sitting through the last fight.

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This took their friendship to a new level, with White even speaking to the Republic National Convention crowd back in 2016.

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Himakshu Keval Vyas

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Himakshu Vyas is a Combat Sports author at Essentiallysports. He is passionate about sports, with soccer and MMA being the sports he is most involved in. Aside from that, he follows the global soccer scene.
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