Overview

• In his first TikTok since returning to the platform, President Trump addressed young users from the Oval Office and said, “I saved TikTok, so you owe me.”
• The video rapidly gained traction, drawing about 2.9 million views, 377,000 likes, 16,000 comments and more than 18,000 shares within roughly seven hours, according to media tallies.
• Days earlier, Trump signed an executive order allowing TikTok to continue in the United States under a security and governance framework reached with ByteDance.
• The White House said Oracle will oversee the U.S. algorithm and safeguard data for the American version of the app.
• It is Trump’s first TikTok post since the Nov. 5, 2024 election, and the White House has also launched an official account on the platform.