Donald Trump is now in TikTok: first the former president wanted to ban the network, and now he has started an account himself

Donald Trump is now in TikTok: first the former president wanted to ban the network, and now he has started an account himself

Kyiv  •  UNN

June 3 2024, 11:35 AM • 21618 views

Former US President Donald Trump, a likely Republican candidate in the 2024 election, has joined TikTok. He posted his first video on a platform that he had previously tried to ban.

Donald Trump joined the Tik Tok platform and posted his first video on a popular social app that he once tried to ban. This is reported by UNN with reference to AFP.

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The likely candidate from the Republican Party of the United States, Donald Trump, has created an account on TikTok and has more than 3 million subscribers on the platform.

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Trump recently released a 13-second clip of himself in his usual blue suit and red tie attending the popular absolute Fighting Championship (UFC) Fight in Newark, New Jersey.

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Obviously, the decision to register on TikTok was made to attract the attention of young voters - Trump wants to be re-elected in November, during the elections when he will compete against Democratic President Joe Biden.

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In April, President Joe Biden signed a bill banning Tik Tok in the United States if Chinese owner Bytedance doesn't find a local buyer for the program within a year.

The U.S. government and lawmakers have expressed concern that the Chinese government will use TikTok to collect personal data from local users for other purposes that harm the United States.

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This year, Biden's campaign also joined Tik Tok, which has more than 170 million users in the United States.

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