Donald Trump is more attached to his Twitter account that any US president since the social media website's invention.
Whether it is advertising his latest appearance on Fox and Friends, railing against the "Fake News Media", or his regular refrain of "Make America Great Again" (tweeted in caps, of course), barely a day goes by when this President doesn't tweet.
Among his most controversial recently is the tweet of a clip showing him punching a person with a CNN logo on his face before walking away unscathed, a tweet that some have said promotes violence against those in the media.
The "Fake News Media" is a regular subject of Mr Trump's tweets - whether it's CNN, print giants the New York Times and Washington Post or, indeed, any media outlet that does not say what he thinks it should.
He abused TV hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, branding him "psycho" and her "crazy" and claimed she was "bleeding badly from a face-lift" when he saw them at his Florida estate in December.
Sometimes his tweets provoke anger, such as his criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan in the days following the terror attacks in London.
Mr Trump was widely slammed for taking the Mayor's remarks out of context and for further tweets that appeared to use the attacks to promote his own agenda.
Other times the Trump Tweets spark confusion, such as the bizarre term "covfefe".
He wrote "Despite the constant negative press covfefe". That tweet was later deleted but not before it naturally set friends and foes alike on an excited (but ultimately pointless) search for the word's meaning.
Memes were born and the mystery word even trended but what he meant by tweeting such nonsense was never clarified.
Various celebrities have come in for the Trump Twitter Treatment, among them Arianna Huffington, Sir Alan Sugar and Rosie O'Donnell, who has enjoyed a decade-long feud with The Donald.
Actress Meryl Streep ("overrated") and ex-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (who was "even worse" on The Apprentice) are among the latest.
He also spreads the fun around other countries, with Germany especially coming in for criticism for not paying up defence-wise. He also hit out at Sweden for its immigration programme.
Rapper Snoop Dogg shot a toy gun at his likeness in a music video and Mr Trump was having none of it.
And, speaking of Mr Trump predecessor, Barack Obama gets accused of making bad deals, spending too much money and, most often, spying on the Trump campaign during the election. Mr Trump thunders: "This is McCarthyism!".
It's no secret that the US President is very proud of his daughter Ivanka. He has used Twitter to praise and protect her, saying that she was "treated so unfairly" by a business that decided to stop selling her fashion brand.
But one of the most common themes of Mr Trump's tweets is America's security.
He praises veterans and the military while occasionally relaying the number of crimes in Chicago for his 33 million followers. He saves most of his frustration (and capital letters) for his comments on the long-running saga of his beloved travel ban. "See you in court!"
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