

And the main White House page has been transitioned as well. Six years into his presidency, Barack Obama is finally on Twitter as POTUS. Official Twitter accounts of the first lady, vice president and other White House social media elements are similarly shifting over today, as the White House team has described in detail. But several users have pointed out another curious matter: Trump's team appears to have chosen as the header image for the account a photo from Barack Obama's inauguration, rather than Trump's own. Trump's takeover of the account garnered attention on Twitter in part for its startlingly clean slate for the typically Twitter-loquacious Trump. In an effort to rejuvenate the struggling U.S. His BarackObama account on Twitter, run by the staff of his Organizing for Action group, and the. How Trump and his team will use the official and personal accounts is unclear and will presumably undergo White House protocol and security considerations. Six years in, theyre finally giving me my own account. Trump will also keep his personal account - just as Obama had maintained a personal account, which he will also keep.


By NPR Obama's account before being switched to his successor Donald Trump. When Trump is inaugurated, the POTUS Twitter account will be handed over to him with its nearly 12 million followers, but without any tweets on its timeline.
