Much has been made today of President-elect Trump's decision to keep his own twitter account instead of switching over to the presidential account.

So why would he reject @POTUS?

The answer seems to be simple.



President Obama's @POTUS, which he's offered Trump, has 13.5 million followers.



Trump's @realDonaldTrump has 20 million followers.

What's more, as some on Twitter have noted, many of the @POTUS followers are #NeverTrumpers.

As our White House correspondent Gabby Morrongiello wrote today, Trump feels it's better to build on his own success. He said, "I'd rather just let that build up and just keep it @realDonaldTrump."

Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com