Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump now has an account on the short-form video app he once tried to ban.
Trump’s TikTok account, launched on Saturday night, has these features just one post until publication time Sunday morning. In the video, UFC CEO Dana White announces, “The president is now on TikTok,” then Trump says, “It’s my honor.” The rest of the video primarily shows Trump walking through the crowd at a UFC event in Newark, New Jersey.
The video has been viewed over 31 million times, while Trump already has 1.7 million followers – that’s more than 5 times the number of followers Trump has. Biden-Harris account,
“Political candidate creates social media account” isn’t usually big news, but the Trump campaign’s move is a reminder that even though TikTok’s future in the United States is uncertain, politicians are eager to reach its 170 million American users. The platform could be especially valuable to Trump, who appears to have a social media account. Made inroads among young, dissatisfied voters – The voter who might be on TikTok.
Trump’s position on TikTok has apparently reversed — after trying to ban TikTok while he was president, he Satya posted on social in May, “Just so everyone knows, especially young people, Crooked Joe Biden is responsible for banning TikTok.” (Biden recently signed a bill that would ban TikTok if its parent company ByteDance fails to sell the app within a year; TikTok is fighting this bill in court,
While Trump’s former advisor Steve Bannon has accused the former president of changing his stance due to the influence of billionaire Jeff Yass (who is an American citizen). holds a large stake in TikTok), Trump Insisted He said banning TikTok would only strengthen Facebook, which he describes as the “enemy of the people.”
Of course, joining TikTok and attracting over 1 million followers is still just a footnote in Trump’s big week — a week where he became The first former US president to be convicted of heinous crimes,
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