Recently, the White House opened an official account on the popular mobile app TikTok to support President Donald Trump. However, public reaction was relatively lukewarm – most platform users expressed criticism.
The first videos on the account
The account with the slogan 'Welcome to the golden age of America' has already posted three videos. In one of them, President Trump refers to himself as 'the voice of the American people'. In the comments on the video, there was a call: 'America, we are back! What happened, TikTok?'.
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America we are BACK! What’s up TikTok?
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Although it was expected that the account would attract 170 million TikTok users in the U.S., this has not yet been achieved. Most comments under the videos turned out to be critical and mocking regarding President Trump.
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'I was the hunted, and now I’m the hunter.'
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White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt confirmed that the account is official and stated that it will be used to promote 'the historic achievements made by President Trump for the American people'. The administration hopes for further success for Trump on this platform.
The White House decided to use TikTok to support President Trump, but user reactions have so far been more than skeptical. The popularity of the account and further public reactions remain a matter of interest for future observation.