But one of Reuters' sources claims otherwise, saying it was a retaliation for the microblogging service's refusal to allow a sponsored hashtag for #crookedhillary during the first two presidential debates -- a decision that apparently came down from Dorsey himself. Twitter's reasoning was that is might mislead users who wouldn't be able to tell if the campaign had paid for the emoji (a bag of money with wings) that would automatically append the hashtagged tweets.

Given Trump's love of the platform as a communications tool, a way to delete things he's said prior, and his 17.3 million followers' adoration of using it for abuse, Twitter's absence raised a few eyebrows. We've reached out to the company for more information and will update this post should it arrive.