As part of its package on Donald Trump’s social media presence, The New York Times published an in-depth analysis of the 45th U.S. president’s Twitter account and activity, and the paper supported its observations with interviews from inside the White House as well as with former Twitter employees.
The article, titled “How Trump Reshaped the Presidency in Over 11,000 Tweets,” has a lot going on, but here are some of the more bizarre takeaways from their research and reporting.
1. Half of Trump’s tweets since taking office have attacked a person, group, or institution.
The Times analysis determined that 5,889 of his 11,000+ tweets since taking office in Jan. 2017 are worded as attacks against targets as varied as television programs, the city of Baltimore, Jeff Bezos, many elected officials, and disfavored members of his own administration. Read more…
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