By Rebecca Stewart

The @Potus Twitter handle has been handed over by Barack Obama to the freshly inaugurated president Donald Trump, marking the first Twitter transfer of power in US history.

The account, which currently has 13 million followers, has been used by Obama since 2015, however the Democrat has now been given the handle @Potus44 by Twitter. Previous tweets from his time in the White House have been archived by the social network, a special privilege that means all posts from the former president will be preserved, along with accompanying retweets and likes.

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Source: The Drum