Donald Trump. The Twitter-President and the US-Economy

Projektarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte, Universitä t St. Gallen (Schweizerisches Institut fü r Aussenwirtschaft und Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung), Veranstaltung: Data Science Fundamentals, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In this research it was analyzed if there is a coherence between quantitative characteristics of Donald Trump's Twitter Tweets and
the performance of the U. S. economy. A machine learning alogrithm was used to observe the issue.

Roughly a year ago the US population elected the billionaire Donald Trump as their President. Therefore, Trump became one of the most powerful men on the planet. He is well known for a lot of scandals and provocative statements but also for his frequent use of the social media platform Twitter. Many journalists discuss if the online activities of Donald Trump may either harm or strengthen the US economy and its markets.

Trump's term of office was accompanied by many controversies: North Korea, fake news, Muslim ban, exchange of people in important political positions are only a few keywords from subjects which are broadly discussed. Furthermore, regarding the statement of the foreign minister of North Korea the Twitter posts of Donald Trump are a declaration of war. It can be discussed whether his social media activity can be seen as an official presidential statement or not.

Without a doubt Donald Trump has a certain influence on world affairs. In this context, his use of Twitter is investigated.