In a short video, US presidential candidate Trump stated that he will never ban Trump. Data shows that Trump's support on the TikTok platform is significantly higher than that of Democratic candidate Biden. Trump's campaign team claims that Trump's popularity on TikTok highlights his continuously rising support among voters.
US presidential candidate Trump, who knows the code of global traffic, has found a new treasure-TikTok.
So far, Trump has only acquired 5.9 million fans on TikTok with a video he released last weekend, and the video has received 62 million likes and more than 120 million views.
Compared with another candidate Biden, Trump is apparently more popular with TikTok users. Biden's campaign account has only 367,000 fans.
This huge gap seems to strengthen Trump's determination to cultivate TikTok. On Thursday, Trump said in a short video taken with the conservative organization Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk that he will never ban TikTok (if he is successfully elected as the president of the United States).
Trump said that the most important thing is to vote for him, which will make the United States more powerful than ever before. He also criticized Biden as the worst president in American history.
Unknown Fate
In April, US President Biden signed a bill requiring ByteDance to spin off TikTok within a six-month deadline and sell it to an American company, otherwise the application will face a ban in the United States.
In response to the TikTok ban, TikTok released an official statement stating that this is an unconstitutional ban and the company will challenge it in court. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin stated that the US has never found evidence that TikTok threatens national security. Such practices of resorting to bullying when failing to win in fair competition will ultimately backfire on the United States itself.
This bill may take about nine months to take effect, which also brings uncertainty to the fate of TikTok. In November of this year, the United States will hold a presidential election. If the Republican candidate Trump becomes the president of the United States, the TikTok ban bill may be adjusted or even cancelled.
Previously, Trump was also one of the politicians who supported banning TikTok. However, according to reports, after meeting with his main campaign donor, Jeffrey Yass, who holds 15% of ByteDance's shares, his ideas have changed.
In April, Trump publicly accused Biden of banning TikTok to help his ally on Facebook become richer and more influential in order to continue his fight with the Republican Party.
This claim also seems to have gained support from many TikTok users. According to an analysis by TikTok, since November, the number of posts supporting Trump on the platform has almost doubled that of supporting Biden.
The Trump campaign team pointed out that Trump's appearance on TikTok represents his further snatching of young voters from Biden, and the popularity of Trump accounts on TikTok proves the increase in his support and popularity among American voters.
Editor/Emily