Inauguration Day: Trump takes control of @POTUS X account [Video]

WASHINGTON — It’s a social media user’s worst nightmare: Wake up to find most of your followers gone.

But that’s exactly what happened to the official presidential accounts on social media X Monday. 

The @WhiteHouse, @VP, @FLOTUS and @POTUS were reset to reflect the new administration of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. (POTUS is the official acronym for President of the United States; FLOTUS refers to the First Lady.)

Four years ago these social media handles were transferred from Trump to Biden — now they’re being handed back over. 

While Trump still uses @realDonaldTrump, after once being banned from the app when it was still officially called Twitter, he posted for the first time on the @POTUS account shortly after his inauguration. 

“AMERICA IS BACK. Every single …