Accounts from the Trump administration were archived, and the new White House profile now has 4.5 million followers. Twitter announced in a blog post on January 14 that "institutional" government accounts would not automatically retain followers from the Trump administration.īefore it was reset, the official account had about 33 million followers, while the White House profile had roughly 26 million. It started from scratch on January 20, when the previous administration's accounts were formally archived. The majority of the president's posts are now shared by the official account, which had attracted 6.8 million followers as of Wednesday. While Trump had used his vast Twitter presence to attack political rivals and lash out at the media, Biden's digital team has been significantly more restrained. Consistent press briefings have also resumed. It has promised to expand the COVID vaccine supply and send some directly to retail pharmacies. Since being sworn into office on January 20, the Biden administration has overturned, altered or pledged to change Trump-era policies on immigration, global climate change, healthcare and job creation. That number has now grown to 27.2 million as of Wednesday-a rise of roughly 15.3 million followers.įormer President Donald Trump's once-thriving Twitter account remains silenced after it was suspended on January 8 due to the risk of it inciting further violence in the wake of the Capitol Building riot three days prior. President Joe Biden's personal Twitter profile has gained more than 15 million followers in the months since the November 3 election.Ī snapshot of Biden's social media account taken the day of the election by the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine shows he had 11.9 million followers.
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