Departing Twitter Employee Deleted Donald Trump’s Personal Account

The page was sadly restored after 11 beautiful minutes.

November 3, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 02: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he announces his nominee for the chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell during a press event in the Rose Garden at the White House, November 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. Current Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen's term expires in February. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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It was a moment many of you have been praying for: Donald Trump’s personal twitter account, @realDonaldTrump, was wiped from the internet Thursday evening. Unfortunately, the bliss was short-lived, as the account was reactivated after 11 minutes.

According to the Huffington Post, people began noticing the page was inaccessible around 7 p.m. ET. Was it a glitch? Did his team do the country a favor and delete it? Or did POTUS finally get suspended after continuously violating Twitter's terms and conditions. Well, it turns out none of those theories were correct.

About an hour after the account reappeared, Twitter released a statement explaining exactly what happened. The site claims an employee who was leaving his job, decided to take down Trump’s page during their last day on the job.

Unsurprisingly, many Twitter users applauded the rogue employee.