Donald Trump’s Twitter obsession
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Since the day of his inauguration as president, Donald Trump has posted a stream of more than 11,000 tweets over 33 months
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Total of Trump tweets per week 
Number of attacks
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2017
Apr 
Jul 
Oct
2018
Apr 
Jul 
Oct
2019
Apr 
Jul 
Oct
    0 50 100 150 200 250 300
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Timing of tweets by hour

1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0
2am 6am 10am 2pm 6pm 10pm

All tweets
Attacks
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Most attacks occur early morning or late evening, when Trump is likely to be without advisers

Trump’s tweets by type

Other
Praise for himself 2,026
Attacks 5,889
Praise for someone or something 2,850
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Second week of October: Trump’s busiest, with 271 tweets
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Data covers 11,390 presidential tweets made from Jan 20, 2017 to Oct 15, 2019
Sources: New York Times, Trump Twitter Archive Picture: Twitter © GRAPHIC NEWS