Trump's Twitter account deactivated - and other last-day revenge stories

The US president's profile was brought down for 11 minutes by a Twitter employee on their final day of work

Donald Trump under fire over his handling of the Niger operation
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Late last night, Donald Trump made one of the most surprising moves of his unpredictable presidency: he took down his Twitter account and fell silent.

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