Trump rarely vets the content he retweets, largely ignoring established brands, preferring instead to amplify the voices of real people. Those decisions have made Trump’s Twitter feed both unmistakable and polarizing. And in general, they were more negative than the generic tweets written by his staff. (Tweets written by Trump come from his Android, while his staffers’ tweets come from an iPhone or other devices.) The message sent the media and political world into a tailspin, as seemingly everyone in the world scrambled to figure out what he meant.

Source: Washington Post January 17, 2017 23:02 UTC