Before their departure from the Oval Office today, the White House staff presented the president and first lady with two US flags that flew over the White House on the first and last day of his presidency. Was this a promoted tweet and was it paid for, or did Twitter just allow it as a favor?
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“I won’t go into details of my conversations with President-elect Trump”.
Yet Trump still insists on holding on to his iconic pre-presidential Twitter account, despite pleas to give it up. “Accessibility” would also mark her time in the White House, her husband telling her at his Farewell Address she made their home “a place for everyone”.
Twitter says the Trump administration’s accounts will retain all the Obama administration’s accounts followers.
The same may be true for the other accounts moved in transition.
Trump also signed his first executive order, which was aimed at rolling back Obamacare on Friday night, within hours of taking oath of office. The accounts from the last administration have been converted to @POTUS44, @FLOTUS44, @ObamaWhiteHouse, @VP44 and @PressSec44.
However, for reasons unexplained, those same users automatically re-followed the presidential account without their permission. Meanwhile, Trump’s personal account, which he continues to use regularly, boasts more than 21 million followers.
The @POTUS Twitter background was then changed to a generic image of the American flag before being swapped again to a photo of Trump looking out of a window.
Interestingly a Google search for “Obama Whitehouse.gov” turned up a link for a website titled “President Barack Obama | whitehouse.gov”, though that’s likely a caching issue and should change over soon.
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It’s been reported Twitter blames the complications on two scenarios. The Waters of the USA rule defines the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate water sources. “The Trump Administration will end it”.
