Donald Trump Joins TikTok, Gathers More Than 1.5 Million Followers In Just A Few Hours

If China is using TikTok to steal all our data, Donald Trump doesn't seem too worried about it. 

The former president made his official debut on the social media platform Saturday night at UFC 302. And less than 12 hours later, he's already amassed more than 1.5 million followers and 31 million views. Those numbers are still rapidly climbing as of Sunday morning.

Trump announced his new account via a 13-second video, featuring UFC President Dana White.

"The president is now on TikTok!" White exclaims.

"It’s my honor," Trump said, followed by a mashup of him greeting fans at the event.

There seems to be no hard feelings from Trump toward TikTok, despite his attempt to ban the video sharing app just a few years ago.

Unfortunately for TikTok, though, they're not out of the woods yet. In April, President Joe Biden signed a bill that would ban the app, which is used by 170 million Americans, if its Chinese owner ByteDance fails to divest. The White House says it wants to see Chinese-based ownership ended on national security grounds. Now, ByteDance is challenging that law in court.

"Just so everyone knows, especially the young people, Crooked Joe Biden is responsible for banning TikTok," Trump, wrote in an April Truth Social post. "He is the one pushing it to close, and doing it to help his friends over at Facebook become richer and more dominant, and able to continue to fight, perhaps illegally, the Republican Party."

Former President Donald Trump got a warm welcome from fans at UFC 302.

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Despite Biden's supposed opposition to TikTok, that still hasn't stopped his administration from utilizing the popular app to farm the Gen Z vote. In addition to posting from his official account, @bidenhq, Biden's campaign has also recruited an "army of social media influencers" who will attempt to convince young voters that he's the right choice come November.

It's worth noting that Trump has already far surpassed Biden's TikTok following, which currently sits at 335.6K after actively posting for several months.

"A fragmented media environment requires us to show up and meet voters where they are — and that includes online. TikTok is one of many places we're making sure our content is being seen by voters," a Biden campaign official told Reuters.

OK then, Joe. Two can play that game.