former US President Donald Trump made his first posts on Facebook and YouTube on Friday, marking his return to the social media platforms he used to build his influence before he was banned due to the supporter attack on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021.

His posts titled “I’m back” on his Facebook page and YouTube channel are accompanied by a video that begins with CNN’s announcement of Trump’s 2016 presidential election and ends with “Trump 2024”. “Sorry to keep you waiting,” says Donald Trump.

Earlier yesterday, YouTube platform Alphabet Inc restored the American mogul’s channel, as Meta Platforms did earlier this year with Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts.

Donald Trump’s Twitter account was restored in November by the new owner of the platform, Elon Musk, but the former US president has not yet published a post.

Trump’s return to popular social media platforms allows him to re-reach some 146 million followers ahead of the 2024 US presidential election, in which he plans to run for a new term in the White House.

Trump and his family have not declared any gifts they received during his presidency.

Meanwhile, the Donald Trump family has failed to declare more than 100 foreign gifts they were supposed to declare because the value of each exceeds a predetermined limit, and the total value of these gifts is more than $250,000, they said yesterday. Friday, Democratic MPs.

These gifts, many of which came from foreign leaders, are detailed in a report by the Democratic House Oversight Committee. Among them are a set of books by Chinese President Xi Jinping and gold-plated golf clubs given to Trump by then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The 15-page report notes that Trump also failed to declare a $12,000 silk carpet from Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and a $35,000 ivory pen textbook given to him by Qatari leader Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

According to her report, the commission also failed to find a huge portrait of Trump donated by El Salvadoran President Naguib Bukele. The whereabouts of some of the gifts, including the portrait, are unknown, Democrats said.

“The Democrats on the committee are determined to find the final location of these missing expensive gifts,” said Jamie Raskin, the member of Maryland who led the congressional investigation, adding that the Democrats also want to “find out whether these gifts could be used to influence foreign policy.” president.”

Raskin also said the commission’s findings shed light on the Trump White House’s “brazen disregard for the rule of law and its systematic mishandling of large gifts from foreign governments.” He stressed that non-declaration of these objects is a violation of the law.

Donald Trump’s circle did not respond to requests for comment on the report.

The long list also includes foreign gifts to members of the Trump family, including Melania Trump, Jared Kushner, and Ivanka Trump.

Kushner received a sword from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, while Ivanka Trump received a $1,200 teddy bear from Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, as well as a mother-of-pearl portrait of her given to her in 2017 by Palestinian President Mahmoud. Abbas. Ivanka Trump’s husband, Jared Kushner, was the architect of Donald Trump’s Middle East strategy.

The report adds that the House committee is also looking for other records.

^{According to DPA, REUTERS, AFP, APE-MPE.}