Stephen King, a renowned author, has captivated millions of people across the world with his mind-bending and lengthy novels, but as he returned to Twitter this week, all he needed was 16 words to get his message across.

King’s surprise comeback to the Elon Musk-owned social media platform came just some months after the author announced he’d be waving goodbye to it in November 2024.

In a post that’s now pinned to the top of Stephen King’s profile, he explained at the time that he’d ‘tried to stay’ on Twitter, but that the ‘atmosphere [had] just become too toxic’.

This is coming from a man who’s made a living come up with twisted
and terrifying situations.

“Follow me on Threads, if you like,” King added, referring to Mark Zuckeberg’s rival platform.

But now just some weeks later, King has returned to Twitter and announced his comeback with a quick post which read: “I’m baaaack! Did you miss me?”

Suggesting he’d made his return specifically so as to share his thoughts on the president and his adviser, King wrote: “Just wanted to say that Trump is a traitorous, Putin-loving dips**t! Goes double for Elon!”

This isn’t the first time King has criticized the pair in recent weeks. Shortly after Trump won the US election in November, King shared a post on Threads in which he claimed Musk was ‘running the show’ for Trump, though he cannot run for president himself because he was born in South Africa.

“You can’t call Elon Musk the President-elect, because he wasn’t elected. In fact, having been born in Pretoria, he is ineligible to become president. Nonetheless, he is running the show. You know that, but it bears repeating.”, King wrote.

King’s clear disapproval of Trump and Musk comes as the pair continue to work together in the White House after Trump declared Musk as being in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency, aka DOGE.

Yet, the White House recently took a different stance on Musk’s position in the government, when it described him as a senior adviser to the president who had no authority over DOGE.

When it comes to the reference of Vladimir Putin, it’s worth noting that King spoke out just after Trump issued warning to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky that he ‘better move fast’ against Russia’s ongoing invasion of his country, or he was ‘not going to have a country left’.

Trump’s comments came after he engaged in a lengthy phone conversation with Putin, which Trump described as ‘highly productive’.