Published 11:41 IST, April 30th 2020

White House clarifies it briefly follows Twitter handles during state visits

White House follows accounts of the host country's officials for a brief period of time during the Presidential visits to share posts related to the trip.

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A senior Trump administration official told press that White House follows accounts of host country's officials for a brief period of time during Presidential visits to share and retweet posts related to trip. issue came into light when official Twitter handle of White House unfollowed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's account along with President Ramnath Kovind and some or official handles, including Indian Embassy in US, US Embassy in India. 

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White House had started following se accounts during President Donald Trump's official state visit to India in late February, however, early this week White House unfollowed all se accounts. 

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White House explained that it follows accounts of officials and leaders of host country for a brief period of time during a presidential trip to retweet ir messs in support of visit. Opposition leader Rahil Gandhi took to his Twitter handle to post about unfollowing of se accounts by official White House handle saying he was appalled by development and asked ministry of foreign affairs to take te of it. 

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Accounts White House is following 

White House typically follows accounts of senior officials in US government including handles of president and first lady. White House is currently following thirteen accounts in total, that includes President Donald Trump's official and personal handles, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, second lady Karen Pence, former White House Press Secretary, Stephanie Grisham, new Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, Office of Manment and Budget, among ors. 

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11:41 IST, April 30th 2020