Tweet by tweet: Trump praises Trump 2,026 times

"[T]he person he most often singled out for praise was himself "— 2,026 times.

• "[H]e attacks someone or something in more than half of his tweets. ... [H]e has attacked at least 630 people and things in 5,889 tweets since taking office."

From a long list of Tweet topics:

• 1,710: promoted conspiracies.
• 851: attacked minority groups.
• 36: called the news media the "enemy of the people."
• 16: referred to himself as everyone’s "favorite" president.

How to catch Trump's eye for a retweet: "Capital letters help. ... Mornings, East Coast time, are best," Matt Flegenheimer writes.

• "The surest path is echoing Mr. Trump’s voice. The user @fiiibuster, whose profile boasts that he has been retweeted twice by the president, ... [used the words] 'security,' 'prosperity,' 'America first,' 'Pathetic,' 'bad reporter,' 'shame!'"

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