It's no secret that the president adores Twitter. Donald Trump has praised the platform [1] many times for its ability to deliver immediate communication with his followers, as evidenced by this 2012 tweet.

I love Twitter.... it's like owning your own newspaper--- without the losses.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 10, 2012 [2]

But since he's been sworn in, Trump has continued to tweet on his personal account [3] rather than the official presidential handle, @POTUS [4], which he inherited from President Barack Obama [5]. If you're wondering why, this interview he gave with the UK Times [6] offers some insight.

In the interview, Trump suggests he will keep his old handle because it has more followers than the @POTUS handle.

"@realDonaldTrump I think, I'll keep it . . . so I've got 46 million people right now — that's a lot, that's really a lot — but 46 million — including Facebook, Twitter and ya know, Instagram, so when you think that you're 46 million there, I'd rather just let that build up and just keep it @realDonaldTrump, it's working — and the tweeting, I thought I'd do less of it, but I'm covered so dishonestly by the press — so dishonestly — that I can put out Twitter — and it's not 140, it's now 280 — I can go bing bing bing . . . and they put it on and as soon as I tweet it out."

Trump's personal account has 21 million followers; his presidential account has 14 million. In the first week of his presidency, Trump has also kept his word to continue tweeting: since assuming office, he's commented on the Women's Marches [7] and announced one of his executive orders [8] on the platform.

As for the @POTUS account, the majority of its tweets are retweets from his personal account.