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| Trump's @POTUS Twitter account used Obama crowd image | Trump's @POTUS Twitter account used Obama crowd image |
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| Donald Trump changed the image at the top of his new @POTUS account after Twitter users spotted it was from Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration. | |
| Mr Trump inherited the official presidential account as he was sworn in as America's 45th president. | |
| The original image showed flag-waving crowds in front of the US Capitol. | The original image showed flag-waving crowds in front of the US Capitol. |
| But it was changed about an hour later, amid claims from Mr Trump's opponents that crowds at his inauguration were not as large as in 2013. | But it was changed about an hour later, amid claims from Mr Trump's opponents that crowds at his inauguration were not as large as in 2013. |
| Trump supporters on social media branded claims Mr Trump was trying to make his inauguration appear better-attended "pathetic" and a "non-story". | Trump supporters on social media branded claims Mr Trump was trying to make his inauguration appear better-attended "pathetic" and a "non-story". |
| The header image has since changed again from a stock picture of an American flag to an image of the new president gazing out of a window. | The header image has since changed again from a stock picture of an American flag to an image of the new president gazing out of a window. |
| Mr Trump's @POTUS account has gained millions of followers since its launch, as all 13.6m followers of Barack Obama's account - now archived at @POTUS44 - are in the process of being ported over to the new Trump account. | Mr Trump's @POTUS account has gained millions of followers since its launch, as all 13.6m followers of Barack Obama's account - now archived at @POTUS44 - are in the process of being ported over to the new Trump account. |
| The new president's first tweet was a link to a Facebook post of the full text of his inauguration address. | The new president's first tweet was a link to a Facebook post of the full text of his inauguration address. |
| His former twitter account still has more than 20m followers. | His former twitter account still has more than 20m followers. |
| Speaking ahead of the event, Mr Trump said his inauguration would have "an unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout". | Speaking ahead of the event, Mr Trump said his inauguration would have "an unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout". |
| But the number of people who turned out to view his midday swearing-in appeared to be smaller than the estimated two million who turned out for Obama. | But the number of people who turned out to view his midday swearing-in appeared to be smaller than the estimated two million who turned out for Obama. |
| Images of the National Mall, taken from the top of the Washington Monument, showed sections of the white matting laid down to protect the grass were largely empty. | Images of the National Mall, taken from the top of the Washington Monument, showed sections of the white matting laid down to protect the grass were largely empty. |
| There will be no official estimate of the crowd's size to settle the issue. | There will be no official estimate of the crowd's size to settle the issue. |
| Compare 2017 inauguration with 2009 with our interactive images | Compare 2017 inauguration with 2009 with our interactive images |
| For decades, the US National Park Service provided official crowd estimates for gatherings on the National Mall. | For decades, the US National Park Service provided official crowd estimates for gatherings on the National Mall. |
| But the agency stopped providing counts after organisers at 1995's Million Man March threatened a lawsuit. They complained that the National Park Service undercounted attendance at the march. | But the agency stopped providing counts after organisers at 1995's Million Man March threatened a lawsuit. They complained that the National Park Service undercounted attendance at the march. |
| More people turned out to witness Mr Trump and his entourage travelling along Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House on Friday afternoon. | More people turned out to witness Mr Trump and his entourage travelling along Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House on Friday afternoon. |