Donald Trump is officially on TikTok and his Swift success on the platform could prove a bad sign for President Joe Biden.
Tuesday, November 5th 2024. If it’s not already marked as an important date in your calendar, mark it now. The 2024 United States presidential election will be held on this date, with current president Joe Biden running for re-election for the Democratic Party. Meanwhile, former president Donald Trump is also running for re-election for the Republican Party. In a recent development, Donald was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records, although this doesn’t make him ineligible to run for president. Nor, for that matter, does his now being an unlikely TikTok star…
Donald Trump becomes instant TikTok sensation
On Saturday, June 1st 2024, the 77-year-old politician proved you’re never too old to strike it big on TikTok.
“Launching my TikTok at @UFC 302” he announced and captioned his very first post. The brief video shows him arriving at an Ultimate Fighting Championship fight in Newark, New Jersey, greeting hordes of fans.
The post now has 149.9k comments and counting with 3.7m likes. As for his follower count, he’s now at a whopping 3.8 million followers now, following 0.
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He’d amassed almost 4 million followers in less than 24 hours, which becomes all the more impressive when considering Joe’s stamp on the popular platform.
The official account for Joe and Vice President Kamala Harris is currently at 345.7K Followers. He has 4.5 million likes across a wide range of posts, which means Donald has almost caught up to him with just one post at 3.7 million.
Although he now has an account on the app, Donald was vocal in his criticism of TikTok while he was in office and even tried to ban it in the US with an executive order. However, his efforts were unsuccessful and he has since walked back his views on advocating for the ban.
Donald Trump’s TikTok stardom is bad news for Joe Biden
Seeing just how popular the former president’s TikTok debut has been, it could spell bad news for the current when it comes to the outcome of the forthcoming presidential election.
“Donald Trump has my vote,” a fan commented on Donald’s only post, earning a staggering 33.1k likes. “Mine too!” another replied.
Plenty of others have come out to show their support, and his enhanced social media presence could potentially see some swayed in their voting as the election looms.
“Bro has his account for 15 hours and already has 2 million followers I’ve been on for 3 years and have like 60,” one joked.
Lots of responses have been jokes; “Donald Trump vs Joe Biden in a UFC fight”, “Donald Trump on TikTok before GTA 6?!” etc.
Meanwhile, lots are expressing sincere support. “The Greatest President in American History,” one commented. “Looking forward to voting for you in November.”
His follower count continues to increase while comments like “[The] USA needs this man in office” continue to appear on the post.
Already being called “one of the most iconic TikToks of all time”, his reach could receive quite a boost.
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