Donald Trump's New Twitter Account Uses Photo From Barack Obama's Inauguration

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Part of the transition from Barack Obama to Donald Trump is the handover of Twitter accounts.

For the first time ever, the social media firm moved the official @POTUS handle from Obama to his successor and 45th President.

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The outgoing President is now @POTUS44, and takes his 13.9 million followers with him.

But as many on Twitter pointed out, the backdrop of Inauguration Day celebration was actually a photo from Obama’s 2009 inauguration.

10:34 a.m. exactly, 4 years ago and today. pic.twitter.com/HhoTQqIqsS

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 20, 2017

Metro Ridership: As of 11am, 193k trips taken so far today. (11am 1/20/13 = 317k, 11am 1/20/09 = 513k, 11am 1/20/05 = 197k) #wmata

— Metro (@wmata) January 20, 2017

Doubtless after being alerted to the faux pas, the banner was later changed.

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