I believe this is just common NYTimes style. [1] > I’m not sure whether one of my long-ago predecessors got similar complaints about The Times’s references to

I believe this is just common NYTimes style. [1] > I’m not sure whether one of my long-ago predecessors got similar complaints about The Times’s references to “Mr. Lincoln.” But I can assure readers that we have been consistent for many years in how we refer to an incumbent president: It’s “President Trump” (or President Obama, or President Bush) on first reference, and “Mr. Trump” or “the president” (lowercase) thereafter. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/reader-center/why-does-nyt-call-president-mr-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/reader-center/why-does-ny...