The White Home now has a TikTok account

The White Home has joined TikTok, the social media app that President Trump wished to ban throughout his first time period. Its first post exhibits clips of Trump in varied occasions with Kendrick Lamar’s observe enjoying within the background. The New York Times notes that it references a well-liked video edit of Creed, a boxing film starring Michael B. Jordan, on the app. Within the TikTok submit, Trump might 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 manner no different administration has earlier than,” White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.

The president wasn’t all the time keen on the platform. He as soon as vowed to ban the app in the US and signed an executive order to outlaw any transaction between the app and its China-based father or mother firm ByteDance for nationwide safety causes. TikTok’s “knowledge assortment threatens to permit the Chinese language Communist Celebration entry to People’ private and proprietary info — doubtlessly permitting China to trace the places of Federal workers and contractors, construct dossiers of non-public info for blackmail, and conduct company espionage,” the executive order read.

After taking workplace earlier this yr, nevertheless, Trump shortly put a pause on the regulation that was purported to ban TikTok within the US. He even delayed the ban a couple more times to present 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.