The White Home has joined TikTok, the social media app that President Trump wished to ban throughout his first time period. Its first publish exhibits clips of Trump in varied occasions with Kendrick Lamar’s observe enjoying within the background. The New York Instances notes that it references a well-liked video edit of Creed, a boxing film starring Michael B. Jordan, on the app. Within the TikTok publish, Trump could possibly be heard saying “I’m your voice,” whereas the caption reads “America we’re BACK! What’s up TikTok?”
Trump’s administration believes TikTok helped him win over younger voters within the 2024 Presidential election, with the account he used to marketing campaign having over 15 million followers. “President Trump’s message dominated TikTok throughout his presidential marketing campaign, and we’re excited to construct upon these successes and talk in a means no different administration has earlier than,” White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated in an announcement.
The president wasn’t at all times keen on the platform. He as soon as vowed to ban the app within the US and signed an government order to outlaw any transaction between the app and its China-based guardian firm ByteDance for nationwide safety causes. TikTok’s “information assortment threatens to permit the Chinese language Communist Social gathering entry to People’ private and proprietary data — probably permitting China to trace the places of Federal workers and contractors, construct dossiers of private data for blackmail, and conduct company espionage,” the chief order learn.
After taking workplace earlier this 12 months, nevertheless, Trump rapidly put a pause on the legislation that was alleged to ban TikTok within the US. He even delayed the ban a pair extra occasions to offer ByteDance extra time to promote its US enterprise. Trump beforehand claimed {that a} “very rich” group is poised to purchase TikTok, however the administration has but to disclose the identities of the individuals in it.
