Trump to continue using @realDonaldTrump account as president

President-elect Donald Trump will opt to use his personal Twitter account instead of the official presidential account once he takes office, according to a report Sunday.

Trump transition officials announced the decision, according to NBC News reporter Kelly O’Donnell.

Transition sources tell me @realDonaldTrump intends to keep using his own account as president, not switching to @potus himself

— Kelly O’Donnell (@KellyO) January 16, 2017

The White House social media accounts do transfer to the new administration and could still be used by Trump staff

— Kelly O’Donnell (@KellyO) January 16, 2017

Trump has used Twitter consistently throughout his campaign and presidential transition, often to air his grievances. His account consistently serves as his go-to platform to make statements.

On Sunday, Trump told a British paper that he does not want to loose his massive Twitter following when he enters the White House.

“@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 — this morning on television, Fox — ‘Donald Trump, we have breaking news,’” Trump told The Sunday Times.

Trump has more than 20 million followers on Twitter. The @POTUS account has 13.5 million followers.