Obama Farewell Tweet His Most Retweeted

U.S. President Barack Obama has been the first commander in chief to widely use social media, and at the end of his farewell speech Tuesday, he sent the most popular tweet sent from the presidential Twitter account. “Thank you for everything. My last ask is the same as my first. I'm asking you to believe — not in my ability to create change, but in yours,” Obama tweeting, using the @POTUS account. By noon on Wednesday, the tweet had been retweeted 500,000 times, which...

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