Now it’s really official.
Moments after taking office as the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden crossed another important milestone in the democratic transfer of power: he assumed Twitter account @POTUS.
Barack Obama was the first president posted on the @POTUS account. His government handed over the keys in 2016, and today, control of the account has returned to the Democratic Party.
The only tweet so far is January 15th, tweeted when the account identifier was still @PresElectBiden.
Biden, like the last two presidents, also still has his personal Twitter account (@JoeBiden). The Biden transition team clashed with Twitter over a policy change that reset the @POTUS account to zero followers.
Jill Biden will tweet @FLOTUS, and Doug Emhoff’s posts will come from @SecondGentleman.
Vice President Kamala Harris, recently sworn in, also changed her mind: she is now tweeting from @VP.
The last person who controlled the @POTUS account was banned from Twitter earlier this month.