Obama started a personal Twitter

US President Barack Obama has a personal Twitter account. At the time of writing, he published one tweet in which he actually announced his appearance.

In the 15 minutes that have passed since the publication of the first tweet, Obama has gained 50,000 subscribers.

• Barack Obama has an official microblog @BarackObama , which is most often written by his aides. Almost 60 million users have subscribed to this account.
• Obama's personal microblog is called @POTUS - from the acronym "President of the United States" ("President of the United States").