If you’re an ardent follower of the @POTUS on Twitter, then you must have wondered what will happen to the Twitter account on January 20, when President-elect Donald Trump takes power?
Read on for answers to the major questions you might have:
Who keeps or gets the account?
The @POTUS handle will be turned over to Donald Trump once he takes office.
Barack Obama also retains a personal, official Twitter account, @BarackObama, so we expect to see him remain active there in his post-presidency career.
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But what happens to President Obama’s old tweets?
The @POTUS account will be wiped clean of content before President-elect Trump takes it over, though it will maintain its nearly 13 million followers.
But don’t worry; Obama’s tweets won’t be lost. A new Twitter account, @POTUS44, will be created to archive his Twitter history.
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How will @POTUS change under Trump?
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Well, this however might be an understatement but if you’ve noticed, Trump and Obama have different styles and habits when it comes to using Twitter.
Obama was a restrained presence on the site and has only sent about 100 tweets each year he’s held the official account.
Trump meanwhile has sent more than 34,200 tweets in his nearly seven years on the platform. He often uses his Twitter account to condemn and attack his critics and to write seemingly impulsive notes.
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