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Social media content has been transferred as part of the official records of the Trump Administration. The National Archives is committed to ensuring that these records are preserved and made available to the public following the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).  

Institutional and Official Accounts

Following conventional practice, the institutional accounts on social media, such as @WhiteHouse, @POTUS, @VP, and @PressSec, transfer to the incoming administration. The content from the Trump administration is preserved under new account names on the native platforms. For example, @POTUS on Twitter is archived at @POTUS45. Users who followed, liked, or subscribed to the Trump administration’s institutional accounts will continue to do so in their archived state. The archived accounts are maintained by the National Archives and will continue to be available to the public as they were at the end of the administration. 

Individual official account names will remain unchanged. The accounts that were available on January 20, 2021 will continue to be available on their native platforms. Users who followed the Trump administration’s individual accounts will continue to do so in their archived state. The archived accounts are maintained by the National Archives. For those individual official accounts not available on their native platforms on January 20, 2021, the National Archives will make that social media content publicly available as soon as possible. 

Please note that accounts available on the native platforms may not maintain all functionality in their archived state, such as the ability for users to comment on content.

Accounts Covered by the Federal Records Act

Certain records created by the Executive Office of the President (EOP) are covered by the Presidential Records Act (PRA). However, records created by six components within EOP are covered by the Federal Records Act (FRA). These components are the Council on Environmental Quality, the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the U.S. Trade Representative. 

At the end of the Obama administration, social media accounts for these offices were handled the same way as those from PRA components. Examples of these accounts included @ONDCP, @OMBPress, @WHOSTP, @WHCEQ, and @USTradeRep. From the Trump Administration going forward, White House FRA social media accounts will be managed in accordance with the FRA and will not be frozen in time by the National Archives. This change represents an acknowledgement by the National Archives that the use of social media platforms continues to grow and that it is important for the associated records to be managed under the appropriate statutory scheme.     

Personal Accounts

A number of Trump administration officials, including President Trump, used personal accounts when conducting government business. The National Archives will make the social media content from those designated accounts publicly available as soon as possible. 

List of Available Archived Accounts

This list will be updated on an ongoing basis as more accounts are made available for access here. This list was last updated April 26, 2021.

Account NamePlatformAccount Type
@Cabinet is archived at @Cabinet45 TwitterInstitutional
@CrisisNextDoor FacebookInstitutional
@crisisnextdoor InstagramInstitutional
@FLOTUS is archived at @FLOTUS45 Facebook Institutional
@flotus is archived at @flotus45 Instagram Institutional
@FLOTUS is archived at @FLOTUS45 TwitterInstitutional
@GorsuchFacts is archived at @GorsuchFacts45 TwitterInstitutional
@LaCasaBlanca is archived at @LaCasaBlanca45 TwitterInstitutional
@POTUS is archived at @POTUS45 FacebookInstitutional
@POTUS is archived at @POTUS45 TwitterInstitutional
@PressSec is archived at @PressSec45 TwitterInstitutional
@secondlady is archived at @secondlady45 Instagram Institutional
@SecondLady is archived at @SecondLady45 TwitterInstitutional
@VicePresidentPence is archived at @VP45 FacebookInstitutional
@vp is archived at @vp45 Instagram Institutional
@VP is archived at @VP45 TwitterInstitutional
@VPComDir is archived at @VPComDir45 TwitterInstitutional
@VPPressSec is archived at @VPPressSec45 TwitterInstitutional
@WhiteHouse is archived at @WhiteHouse45 FacebookInstitutional
The White House account is archived at The Trump White House ArchivedFlickrInstitutional
@whitehouse is archived at @whitehouse45 InstagramInstitutional
@WhiteHouse is archived at @WhiteHouse45 TwitterInstitutional
The White House account is archived at Trump White House ArchivedYouTubeInstitutional
@WhiteHouseCEA is archived at @WhiteHouseCEA45 TwitterInstitutional
@WHNSC is archived at @WHNSC45 TwitterInstitutional
@WHRapidResponse is archived at @WHRpdResponse45 TwitterInstitutional
@AAnderson45 TwitterIndividual official
@ADCantrell45 TwitterIndividual official
@alexahenning45 TwitterIndividual official
@AnnieLeHardy45 TwitterIndividual official
@anthony_cruz45 TwitterIndividual official
@aviberkow45 Twitter Individual official
@BenWilliamson45 TwitterIndividual official
@BMorgenstern45 TwitterIndividual official
@carolinefratt45TwitterIndividual official
@CCypher45 TwitterIndividual official
@ClayShoe45 Twitter Individual official
@CLH45 Twitter Individual official
@DougHoelscher45 Twitter Individual official
@GMarquis45 Twitter Individual official
@hannahmac45 Twitter Individual official
@hogangidley45 Twitter Individual official
@HWFields45 Twitter Individual official
@JaRonSmith45 Twitter Individual official
@JDGreenblatt45 FacebookIndividual official
@JessicaDitto45 Twitter Individual official
@JHorstman45 Twitter Individual official
@JMSteinman45 Twitter Individual official
@joegrogan45 Twitter Individual official
@JuddPDeere45 Twitter Individual official
@katekarnes45 Twitter Individual official
@KLeavitt45 Twitter Individual official
@MalloryBlount45 Twitter Individual official
@marcshort45 Twitter Individual official
@MattLira45 Twitter Individual official
@MKBurris45 Twitter Individual official
@NicoleFrazier45 Twitter Individual official
@NoelleGarnier45 Twitter Individual official
@PeterHoffman45 Twitter Individual official
@RADMBrown45 Twitter Individual official
@RobJoyce45 Twitter Individual official
@RomaDaravi45 Twitter Individual official
@SarahMatthews45 Twitter Individual official
@Scavino45 Twitter Individual official
@ScottTurner45 Twitter Individual official
@SHSanders45 Twitter Individual official
@sofiaboza45 Twitter Individual official
@StephGrisham45 Twitter Individual official
@TomBossert45 Twitter Individual official
@TomPhilipson45 Twitter Individual official
@TonyLowden45 Twitter Individual official
@VCGCoates45 Twitter Individual official
@WilliamCrozer45 Twitter Individual official