Obama finally gets Twitter account: 'It's Barack. Really!' The president finally gets his own Twitter account: @POTUS.

President Barack Obama is back on Twitter. The president tweeted Monday morning that he’s finally getting “his own account.”

His new handle, @POTUS, carries a bio that describes him as “Dad, husband, and 44th President of the United States.”


Obama’s first tweet:

Hello, Twitter! It's Barack. Really! Six years in, they're finally giving me my own account. — President Obama (@POTUS) May 18, 2015

Organizing for Action runs @BarackObama, whose account was created in March 2007. Under that account, tweets featuring “-bo” are the only ones coming from the man himself.

The new account currently follows several dozen others, including first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, former presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush, along with Cabinet officials and their various departments.

Missing from that list: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Obama also follows alma maters Columbia University, Harvard University and Occidental College, as well as a few of his favorite Chicago teams: the Blackhawks, the White Sox, the Bears and the Bulls.

The account amassed more than 120,000 followers in the first half-hour after Obama’s tweet, which came from an iPhone.

But he won’t be able to keep it for long: “The @POTUS account, like other institutional social media accounts, will be passed over to the next administration,” a White House official confirmed on background.

That didn’t stop Bill Clinton and Obama from yukking it up over the president’s new account:

Welcome to @Twitter, @POTUS! One question: Does that username stay with the office? #askingforafriend — Bill Clinton (@billclinton) May 18, 2015

Good question, @billclinton. The handle comes with the house. Know anyone interested in @FLOTUS? — President Obama (@POTUS) May 18, 2015