President Trump took the oath of office and delivered the latest US presidential inauguration on January 20, 2025. How did this address compare to others in terms of word count, sentiment and key words? Read on to find out. We have published several other blogs in the past on this topic including Analysis of All US Presidential Inaugurations and an analysis of Biden’s address back in 2021. Want to explore the data yourself? Explore our Tableau Dashboard to draw your own conclusions. If you are new to sentiment analysis, I provided an introduction to the topic through an analysis of my text messages.
Trump Delivers Highest Number of Words In Nearly 100 Years
Trump delivered 2,887 words to the indoor seated crowd inside the US Capitol building. This is the highest number since Herbert Hoover in 1929. It was also significantly more words than Trump’s first term address in 2017.
Number of Words Delivered by US Presidential Address 1977- 2025
President Carter Still Tops For Positive Sentiments
Since 1977, no President has delivered more positive remarks as a percentage of their total sentences as Jimmy Carter. 60% of Carter’s remarks had a positive sentiment. President Obama delivered the most negative sentiments from other presidents in the past 50 years. In fact, throughout the United States history, only Andrew Jackson has a higher percentage of positive sentiments in his 1829 address.
Positive, Negative and Neutral Sentiments by US Presidents from 1977-2025
Trump Less Positive, More Neutral in Second Term Address
President Trump delivered more neutral sentences in his 2025 address, which resulted in a large decrease in positive sentiment percentage. In 2017, 51% of his sentences were positive, while just 29% of his sentences had a positive sentiment in his 2025 address.
Comparison of President Trump’s 1st inaugural address compared to 2nd term address
Positive, Negative and Neutral Sentence Examples
Below is a sample of some of the sentences and the classification as positive, negative and neutral.
Trump First President in 96 Years to Mention Tariff in Address
It has been many years since the word ‘tariff’ was spoken at a Presidential Inaugural Address—ninety-six, to be exact. Herbert Hoover last used the phrase back in 1929. President Howard Taft tops the number of times referencing tariff with 11 references.
All US Presidents That Have Mentioned Tariff in Their Address
Republicans Mention Economy Twice As Much as Democrats
President Trump did not specifically use the word ‘economy’ in his most recent inaugural address. However, it has made many appearances throughout the history of the US inaugural addresses. The Republican Presidents have mentioned the economy twice as often as the Democrats with President Reagan referencing the term the most of any US President.
Analysis of Past Presidential Inaugural Addresses mentioned the Economy
Trump Mentions Border More Than Any Past President
Trump leads all past presidents with 6 mentions of ‘border’ in his two inaugural addresses. The Republican presidents have mentioned this twice as much as Democrats.
Analysis of all Inaugural addresses mentioning border
Panama, Los Angeles, Vaccines and Other Phrases Unique to 2025
In comparing Trump’s two addresses, some interesting key words rose to the top.
Key Words of President Trump Term 1 Vs. Term 2
Autoworkers, Troops, Police Officers and Steel Workers Get Referenced
In addition to sentiment analysis, one of the powerful outputs of Microsoft’s AI Text Analysis Service is its ability to recognize and categorize the words into different useful groupings. This includes people types, events and much more. Here are some examples of two types found in his address – starting with people types.
Listing of all types of people mentioned by President Trump in his 2nd Inaugural Address in 2025
Wars, Election and Slavery Top Referenced Events
The AI text service from Microsoft also was able to identify many events that were referenced during Trump’s address.
Events mentioned by President Trump in His 2025 Inaugural Address
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