How the language of federal agency X posts changed from Biden’s administration to Trump’s
% of U.S. government posts on X from the ___ administration that mention …
Note: Includes a selection of terms with the largest change in usage.
Source: Analysis of X posts from last year of the Biden administration and first year of the second Trump administration for 30 U.S. government accounts (27 operated by Cabinet-level agencies and subagencies, plus @DOGE, @WhiteHouse and @RapidResponse47) collected Feb. 11-18, 2026. “All accounts” figures are based on 24 accounts for which year-over-year data is available.
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How the language of federal agency X posts changed from Biden’s administration to Trump’s
% of U.S. government posts on X from the ___ administration that mention …
| Term | Account | Biden | Trump | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American(s) | All accounts | 6 | 14 | 8 |
| president | All accounts | 6 | 16 | 10 |
| criminal(s) | @ICEgov | 7 | 40 | 33 |
| arrest(ed) | @ICEgov | 11 | 42 | 31 |
| alien(s) | @ICEgov | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| illegal | @ICEgov | 1 | 24 | 23 |
| officer(s) | @ICEgov | 5 | 16 | 11 |
| violent | @ICEgov | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| dominance | @ENERGY | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| AI | @ENERGY | 2 | 10 | 8 |
| secure | @ENERGY | 1 | 10 | 9 |
| prices | @ENERGY | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| coal | @ENERGY | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| unleashing | @ENERGY | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| skilled | @USDOL | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| nation | @USDOL | 2 | 12 | 10 |
| born | @USDOL | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| patriot(s) | @USDOL | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| hardworking | @USDOL | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| manufacturing | @CommerceGov | 4 | 13 | 9 |
| deal(s) | @CommerceGov | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| tariff(s) | @CommerceGov | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Note: Includes a selection of terms with the largest change in usage.
Source: Analysis of X posts from last year of the Biden administration and first year of the second Trump administration for 30 U.S. government accounts (27 operated by Cabinet-level agencies and subagencies, plus @DOGE, @WhiteHouse and @RapidResponse47) collected Feb. 11-18, 2026. “All accounts” figures are based on 24 accounts for which year-over-year data is available.
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