"How does one keep tabs on, and then interpret, a president who in a single year sent out more than 6,000 social media posts, conducted more than 433 open press events and held free-associating press conferences lasting close to two hours? The White House Stenographer's Office calculates it has transcribed 2.4 million of Trump's words, four times the length of Tolstoy's epic War and Peace. Tracking Trump is not just a problem for exhausted reporters but also exhausted diplomats, who are tasked with searching for the signal in the ceaseless Trumpian noise."
"Western diplomats have upgraded their media monitoring operations to take account of Trump's habit of dropping an explosive policy announcement or launching an unexpected incendiary broadside against an ally at almost any point in the 24/7 news cycle. Foreign ministries now also have to look out for the private texts of their boss reappearing on Truth Social. Trump holds press conferences almost every day, and in his first year posted on Truth Social 6,606 times."
"Research shows that Thursday midnight, Tuesday 11am, Saturday 5pm and Monday 11pm are the witching hours at which he most frequently issues posts, often leaving western diplomats in a different time zone at a disadvantage. One diplomat said the most frequent refrain most mornings is: What has he said this time? On the night of 1 December he posted 156 times, and as on many nights he mixed market-moving announcements with personal boasts"
Trump sent over 6,000 social media posts in his first year and held more than 433 open press events, including near-two-hour free-associating press conferences. The White House Stenographer's Office transcribed 2.4 million of his words, four times War and Peace. Western diplomats and foreign ministries upgraded media-monitoring to capture explosive announcements or unexpected broadsides at any hour and to track private texts reappearing on Truth Social. Posting peaks occur at Thursday midnight, Tuesday 11am, Saturday 5pm and Monday 11pm, disadvantaging other time zones. On 1 December he posted 156 times, mixing market-moving announcements with conspiracy claims and personal boasts; late-night posts often reach European diplomats during commutes.
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