It has only been a little over a day since Trump joined TikTok and posted a single video, and as of this writing, he has 3.6 million followers, and that video has 62.3 million views.
To put those numbers into perspective, the Biden-Harris HQ account currently has 344.6 thousand followers and posted its first video on February 11th. Below is a screenshot that shows the views on its 32 most recent videos, of which only one surpassed 1 million views.
Donald Trump vs Biden campaign live TikTok follower count 🤣
https://t.co/Om1LNMWrKL — ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) June 3, 2024
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Original article (6.2.24) below
In an unexpected turn of events, former US President Donald Trump has made a comeback on the social media platform TikTok, despite his previous calls for the app’s ban over its association with China. Trump’s reemergence on TikTok was marked by the posting of a 13-second video, seemingly filmed at a UFC event in New Jersey, which he attended.
Trump has just joined TikTok.
Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/jFFx0JpI4J — AF Post (@AFpost) June 2, 2024
The video featured Trump alongside UFC President Dana White, who announced Trump’s presence on the platform, as reported by NBC News. In response to the announcement, Trump expressed his honor, following which the clip transitioned to a montage of the former business mogul greeting his fans at the arena. In the closing moments of the video, Trump remarked, “That was a good walk-on, right?”
@realdonaldtrump Launching my TikTok at @UFC ♬ original sound - President Donald J Trump
This move marks a significant shift from Trump’s previous position on TikTok, as he had previously sought to ban the platform in the United States. In 2020, Trump had issued an executive order calling for aggressive action against TikTok’s owners, citing national security concerns. However, the order faced legal challenges that ultimately stalled its implementation.
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In a reversal earlier this year, Trump voiced opposition to the ban on TikTok, stating that such a move could benefit competing social media apps, including those he had criticized in the past such as Facebook. Despite these remarks, Trump continued to view the app as a national security threat.
Simultaneously, Republicans have been advocating for the Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest from TikTok in order to ensure its continued operations in the US. In a related development, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law in April of this year, setting in motion a nine-month timeline for ByteDance to sell the app or face a potential ban in the United States, although not immediately.
Notably, President Biden’s own campaign maintains an active presence on TikTok, regularly sharing content on the platform. The developments around TikTok and the involvement of prominent political figures reflect the evolving dynamics of social media and its intersection with national security concerns.
Donald Trump has gained well over half a million followers in his first six hours on the platform.
President Trump’s TikTok account has reached 641K followers in about 3 hours, gaining 50% more followers than the Biden-Harris account. Wow! pic.twitter.com/SZbcTqP8i3
— Grace Chong 🇺🇸 (@gc22gc) June 2, 2024
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Play the Dem game
Now what are the Communist cat eaters gonna do?
Ban DJT, and you prove him right.
Don’t and he cuts you to ribbons.
Decisions, decisions….