The Bodleian Library and Worldmapper Create a Cartogram Depicting Trump's Tweets and Countries that Dominate US President's Foreign Policy
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Worldmapper, on behalf of the Bodleian Libraries, have analysed over 8,000 tweets since Trump was elected on 8 November 2016 and created a cartogram that depicts which countries he has mentioned the most on Twitter – the larger the country, the more tweets they feature in.
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Since he was elected in 2016, Trump has made 1,384 mentions of foreign countries.
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Russia tops the bill, with 297 mentions (21 per cent of all tweets mentioning foreign countries).
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North Korea (163), China (158), Mexico (99), Puerto Rico (47), Iran (47), Syria (44), Japan (43), Canada (39) and France (37) complete the Top ten.
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Despite the special relationship between the two countries, the UK comes 15th, mentioned in only 1.6 per cent of tweets.
Ahead of US President Donald Trump’s state visit to the United Kingdom, the Bodleian Libraries released a cartogram that highlights which countries have dominated the presidential twitter feed (@RealDonaldTrump), since he was elected on 8 November 2016.
The map shows an analysis of almost 8,300 tweets and retweets in that period, of which 1,384 mentioned foreign powers. The map does not include the USA; hence it does not appear on the image.
The analysis, conducted by Worldmapper, on behalf of the Bodleian Libraries, extracted all mentions of foreign countries, including some non-conventional references (such as ‘#NoKo’ for North Korea) to build a complete picture of which countries appear most dominant in Trump’s foreign policy.
Despite the UK’s special relationship with the USA, it is only mentioned 22 times, the 15th most mentioned country, which represents just 1.6 per cent of all tweets about foreign countries.
In total, 81 countries are mentioned in Trump’s twitter feed. The Top 20 are as follows:
Country | No. mentions | % |
Russia | 297 | 21.5 |
North Korea | 163 | 11.8 |
China | 158 | 11.4 |
Mexico | 99 | 7.1 |
Puerto Rico | 47 | 3.4 |
Iran | 47 | 3.4 |
Syria | 44 | 3.2 |
Japan | 43 | 3.1 |
Canada | 39 | 2.8 |
France | 37 | 2.7 |
South Korea | 35 | 2.5 |
Germany | 29 | 2.1 |
Israel | 24 | 1.7 |
Vietnam | 24 | 1.7 |
United Kingdom | 22 | 1.6 |
Venezuela | 21 | 1.5 |
Saudi Arabia | 19 | 1.4 |
Turkey | 18 | 1.3 |
Singapore | 15 | 1.1 |
Ukraine | 13 | 0.9 |
This map has been released as part of a series of 500 cartograms developed for Talking Maps, a new exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries, opening on 5 July 2019. On screens in the gallery, visitors will be able to explore thought-provoking digital ‘cartograms’, interactive maps that use statistics and big data to tell powerful stories about our changing world.
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