Trump’s Twitter activity increases by 83% as his leadership crisis deepens | EU-Startups
Summary
UK-based data visualisation company Zegami has released an analysis of US President Donald Trump’s surge in tweeting behaviour in the midst of a deepening political crisis. Between 25 May 2019 and 28 August 2019, Donald Trump tweeted 105 times about China and the current trade war with them. In one post at the end of August, he posted ‘my only question is who is our bigger enemy, Jay Powell or Chairman Xi?’ Despite not being the radar recently, President Trump also managed to issue 32 tweets where he mentioned Hilary Clinton, and 26 tweets mentioning Barack Obama. Between May 2019 and 28 August 2019, the three heaviest days of Twitter activity were: President Trump’s top mentions of all time are: “Donald Trump is clearly a prolific force on Twitter, and as he has faced up to growing challenges in recent weeks, he has dramatically increased his use of this social media channel,” said Samuel Conway, CEO and co-founder of Zegami. “Analysing his Twitter data and spotting trends and patterns visually gives us an insightful view into how he thinks and what motivates him.”