02/06/2024 – 14:49
Former United States President and White House candidate Donald Trump has created a profile on the TikTok platform and published his first video on the popular social media app that he tried to ban when he was in office.
To reach younger voters as he seeks another term in November against Democratic President Joe Biden, Trump posted a 13-second clip on Saturday night in which he appears in his usual blue suit and red tie watching an Ultimate Fighting fight. Championship (UFC) in Newark, New Jersey.
In the video, recorded with blaring music, Trump is introduced by UFC chief executive Dana White and bows to the camera, saying: “I feel honored.”
Trump waves to people in the stands at the UFC arena and concludes the clip by saying: “It was a good ride, wasn’t it?”
As of midday on Sunday, the former president already had two million followers on his @realDonaldTrump account.
During his term (2017-2021), Trump attempted to ban TikTok for national security reasons through an executive order, but the initiative was stalled in court when a federal judge questioned how the measure would affect the platform’s freedom of expression and blocked it. the decision.
In April, President Joe Biden signed into law a bill approving a ban on TikTok in the United States if its Chinese owner, Bytedance, is unable to find a local buyer for the app within a year.
The American government and lawmakers have expressed concern that the Chinese government could use TikTok to collect personal data from local users for other purposes harmful to the United States.
Biden’s campaign this year also joined TikTok, which has more than 170 million users in the United States.
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