President Donald Trump officially took over the @POTUS Twitter account on Friday: The new Twitter background made me wonder: Whose inauguration is this ...
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President Donald Trump officially took over the @POTUS Twitter account on Friday:
![Donald-Trump-Potus-Twitter-background Donald-Trump-Potus-Twitter-background](https://i0.wp.com/www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/browbeat/2011/09/29/hugo_chavez_caption_contest/Donald-Trump-Potus-Twitter-background.png.CROP.promo-xlarge2.png?resize=660%2C471)
The new Twitter background made me wonder: Whose inauguration is this from? The answer:
![Yeah, it’s from President Obama’s inauguration in 2009. Yeah, it’s from President Obama’s inauguration in 2009.](https://i0.wp.com/www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/browbeat/2011/09/29/hugo_chavez_caption_contest/170120_GettyImages-157419604.jpg.CROP.promo-xlarge2.jpg?resize=660%2C471)
Yeah, it’s from President Obama’s inauguration in 2009.
Maybe the background was Melania’s idea?
Update, 1:20 p.m.: The team at Full Frontal With Samantha Bee has provided Trump a more accurate background:
Update, 1:55 p.m.: For the record, the background wasn’t a vestige of Obama’s account—here is a screengrab of how Obama’s @POTUS Twitter page looked just Thursday evening:
![Obama’s Twitter background yesterday. Obama’s Twitter background yesterday.](https://i0.wp.com/www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/browbeat/2011/09/29/hugo_chavez_caption_contest/Obama-POTUS-Twitter-background.png.CROP.promovar-mediumlarge.png?resize=590%2C360)
Regardless, someone on Trump’s social media team must have seen that they’d been caught, because they’ve changed the background for the second time today.
![Trump’s new Twitter background, hastily added this afternoon. Trump’s new Twitter background, hastily added this afternoon.](https://i0.wp.com/www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/browbeat/2011/09/29/hugo_chavez_caption_contest/Trump-new-Twitter-background-part-2.png.CROP.promovar-mediumlarge.png?resize=590%2C332)
At least they seem to have chosen the right flag?
Update, 2:50 p.m.: @POTUS has changed Twitter backgrounds for the third time today, this time to a photo that is clearly a little too grainy to make an ideal header. Maybe someone can tweet him a higher-resolution image?
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The smooth transition continues!