--- title: Donald Trump Twitter: Word Usage Changes as President description: President Trump's Twitter feed is perhaps the most reliable window into his thoughts. Here's how it's changed since he became president. canonical: https://time.com/4673380/donald-trump-tweets-president-analysis/ author: Pratheek Rebala article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-16T16:44:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-30T12:20:56.438Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Has Stopped Tweeting 5 Words Since Becoming President og:description: One surprising one: "Women." og:url: https://time.com/4673380/donald-trump-tweets-president-analysis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f5ab3ac57d61068/698898218e0601565a466559/donald-trump-phone.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Has Stopped Tweeting 5 Words Since Becoming President twitter:description: One surprising one: "Women." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f5ab3ac57d61068/698898218e0601565a466559/donald-trump-phone.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Has Stopped Tweeting 5 Words Since Becoming President > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Pratheek Rebala](https://time.com/author/pratheek-rebala/) and [Chris Wilson](https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/) Feb 16, 2017 4:44 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump listens to his mobile phone Donald Trump during a lunch stop in North Charleston, S.C. on Feb. 18, 2016. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump listens to his mobile phone Donald Trump during a lunch stop in North Charleston, S.C. on Feb. 18, 2016. Matt Rourke—AP by [Pratheek Rebala](https://time.com/author/pratheek-rebala/) and [Chris Wilson](https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/) Feb 16, 2017 4:44 PM UTC Amid the [turbulence of intelligence leaks](http://time.com/4672974/donald-trump-white-house-chaos) and contentious press briefings, President Trump’s Twitter feed is perhaps the most reliable window into his thoughts. Because all tweets are coded by which device was used to send them, it’s possible to make an educated guess as to which messages from Trump’s account come from him personally. This has allowed a variety of news outlets to analyze such things as the [tone of his personal tweets](https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/08/12/two-people-write-trumps-tweets-he-writes-the-angrier-ones/?utm%5Fterm=.f2bcd5053514) and whether he [changes his behavior during the Jewish sabbath](http://www.slate.com/articles/news%5Fand%5Fpolitics/politics/2017/02/a%5Fscientific%5Fexamination%5Fof%5Fwhat%5Ftrump%5Ftweets%5Fduring%5Fshabbat.html). To contribute to this body of research, TIME analyzed 1,200 of Trump’s tweets between the time he became the presumptive nominee up to the present. While the timing of his Twitter habit has only changed gradually, the topics on which he focuses have changed dramatically. Case in point: Before the election, he frequently mentioned “women” in tweets. Since the inauguration, he has not done so once. 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