Elon Musk says if his bid to buy Twitter is successful he will reverse Donald Trump's ban from the platform.
The richest man in the world agreed a $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover bid with the Twitter board last month.
But he said it was not a done deal and that ideally it would be completed in the next two to three months.
Twitter's decision to ban the former US president was "morally wrong and flat-out stupid", Mr Musk told the Financial Times Future of the Car summit.
In January 2021, Twitter said Mr Trump's account was " permanently suspended due to the risk of further incitement of violence" following the storming of the Capitol.
But the Tesla owner said: "I would reverse the permanent ban but I don't own Twitter yet so this is not a thing that will definitely happen."
