US EditionTrump White House launches TikTok account
The White House's new TikTok account gained over 123,000 followers quickly amid ongoing national security debates and a looming mid-September 2025 deadline for TikTok's U.S. sale or ban.
- On Tuesday, the White House launched an official TikTok account less than a month before President Donald Trump's September 17, 2025 deadline for TikTok's U.S. ownership change or ban.
- After repeated delays, the administration extended TikTok's compliance deadline in June, granting ByteDance another 90 days amid legal challenges to a 2024 law requiring sale or ban by January.
- The new account quickly amassed more than 145,000 followers and published five videos by early Wednesday, following its debut video featuring President Donald Trump with 2016 Republican National Convention audio.
- Lawmakers criticized the delays, saying the administration flouts the law and ignores national security, while President Donald Trump paused the ban, crediting TikTok with helping him reach younger voters.
- Observers note expectations that new ownership could be announced as early as September as ByteDance confirms talks with U.S. officials, adding any agreement needs Chinese law approval.
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In 24 hours it has conquered already 250 thousand followers. The move confirms the intentions of the Trump administration to exploit this channel of communication in order to reach the youngest, despite the "ban"
White House Launches New Account On Controversial Social Media App * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Anthony
The White House has launched a new social media account. In a suprising move the White House has created an account on TikTok. The move by the White House comes as TikTok’s owner ByteDance is facing a deadline to be banned. Here’s the official announcement: NEW FOLLOW THE WHITE HOUSE ON TIKTOK AMERICA IS BACK. https://t.co/zwDqYQR3PP pic.twitter.com/YdY7af3qjl — The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 19, 2025 CBS provided more on the White House’…
On Tuesday, the White House launched a new TikTok account, the Chinese-owned social network that continues to operate in the United States with President Donald Trump’s approval despite a bill demanding its sale. “The United States, BACK! How about, TikTok?”, is read in a message accompanying a 27-second video, the first publication of the White House account in the popular app. The account had about 4,500 followers an hour after the first video…
The White House has opened a TikTok account less than a month after the social media platform's supposed shutdown in the United States, in what appears to be a turning point in the Trump administration's ongoing dispute with the Chinese social media platform, which will be banned in the country without a prior agreement.
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