Biden announces his presidential account on “Twitter”

President-elect Joe Biden revealed his new official Twitter account and sent him his first tweet on Thursday.

Biden said in his tweet: “Comrades, this will be my Twitter account of my official duties as president. At 12:01 pm on January 20, it will be POTUS.
Until then I’ll use @joebiden “.

Friends: this will be the account of my official duties as president. At 12:01 pm on January 20, it will become @POTUS. Until then, I’ll be using @Joe Biden. And while you’re here keep on @FLOTUSBiden @SenKamalaHarris @Secondknight and @ Transition46.

– President-elect Biden (@PresElectBiden) January 15, 2021

In a different move than what happened in 2017 when Trump took office, Twitter intends to (archive) the presidential account to have it restored to its original state, meaning that Biden will lose millions of followers on the old official account. of Trump.

A Twitter spokesperson, who asked not to be named, confirmed the announced plans and said the company’s goal is to support the filing and transfer of accounts in successive departments, according to Bloomberg.

Notably, Trump had inherited some 12 million followers from his predecessor, Obama’s account.

The Biden team will also launch official Twitter accounts for the incoming first lady, Jill Biden, and other officials in the Biden administration, such as incoming White House press secretary Jane Sackey.