
For example, NARA archived POTUS on Twitter as POTUS44. NPR's Scott Detrow contributed to this report. NARA created new handles for preserved Obama administration social media content as well. POTUS ’s bold leadership in building our nation at home and restoring our standing around the world. And the main White House page has been transitioned as well.
#OBAMA POTUS TWITTER ARCHIVE#
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. Technically, Trump’s POTUS Twitter account is new the original account, established by Obama after he took office in 2009, was changed to an archive account with the handle POTUS44. 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. That page is already live, though its currently. His BarackObama account on Twitter, run by the staff of his Organizing for Action group. That page is already live, though its currently protected. Really Six years in, they're finally giving me my own account.


Trump's takeover of the account garnered attention on Twitter in part for its startlingly clean slate for the typically Twitter-loquacious Trump. President Biden, you are the best president I have seen in my lifetime. President Obamas POTUS tweet history will be moved over to a new account, POTUS44. How Trump and his team will use the official and personal accounts is unclear and will presumably undergo White House protocol and security considerations. 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.
