03-11-2017, 11:47 AM
By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times - Saturday, March 11, 2017
President Trump’s widely-followed Twitter account fired off an average of 36 tweets per week during his first 50 days in office, according to a recent review of the president’s social media activity.
Mr. Trump has taken to Twitter at least once a day since taking office, cranking out no fewer than 260 tweets from his @RealDonaldTrump account since his swearing-in, or roughly five posts per day — the same number of in-person press conferences he’s held following his January 20 inauguration, NBC News reported Friday after undertaking a review of the president’s personal Twitter account.
Given his current pace, Mr. Trump is slated to soon surpass his predecessor with respect to the number of tweets sent while in office. President Barack Obama tweeted from the official @POTUS account a total of only 352 times between May 2015 and the end of his term, NBC reported, averaging fewer than one tweet per day. Mr. Trump, by comparison, is currently on course to crack Mr. Obama’s tally before the end of the month.
While NBC’s report isn’t particularly earthshaking, it puts numbers on Mr. Trump’s ongoing and unprecedented use of social media, the likes of which has raised concerns among White House staffers and security experts alike.
Mr. Trump’s first daily tweet happens at an average time of around 8:22 a.m. ET, according to NBC, and at times has been proceeded by upwards of a half-dozen follow-up posts before noon.
Around 88 percent of the president’s morning tweets were sent from an Android device, though his afternoon posts were typically attributed to an Apple iPhone, NBC reported. A cursory review of the president’s post-inauguration Twitter activity indicates an Android is typically used for his unfiltered, early day Twitter tirades, while his more diplomatic, afternoon musings are attributed to an iOS device.
President Trump’s widely-followed Twitter account fired off an average of 36 tweets per week during his first 50 days in office, according to a recent review of the president’s social media activity.
Mr. Trump has taken to Twitter at least once a day since taking office, cranking out no fewer than 260 tweets from his @RealDonaldTrump account since his swearing-in, or roughly five posts per day — the same number of in-person press conferences he’s held following his January 20 inauguration, NBC News reported Friday after undertaking a review of the president’s personal Twitter account.
Given his current pace, Mr. Trump is slated to soon surpass his predecessor with respect to the number of tweets sent while in office. President Barack Obama tweeted from the official @POTUS account a total of only 352 times between May 2015 and the end of his term, NBC reported, averaging fewer than one tweet per day. Mr. Trump, by comparison, is currently on course to crack Mr. Obama’s tally before the end of the month.
While NBC’s report isn’t particularly earthshaking, it puts numbers on Mr. Trump’s ongoing and unprecedented use of social media, the likes of which has raised concerns among White House staffers and security experts alike.
Mr. Trump’s first daily tweet happens at an average time of around 8:22 a.m. ET, according to NBC, and at times has been proceeded by upwards of a half-dozen follow-up posts before noon.
Around 88 percent of the president’s morning tweets were sent from an Android device, though his afternoon posts were typically attributed to an Apple iPhone, NBC reported. A cursory review of the president’s post-inauguration Twitter activity indicates an Android is typically used for his unfiltered, early day Twitter tirades, while his more diplomatic, afternoon musings are attributed to an iOS device.
