Overview

• Trump’s debut TikTok since returning to the White House quickly went viral, topping about 2.9 million views within seven hours with roughly 377,000 likes and more than 18,000 shares.
• In the Oval Office clip, he declares, “I saved TikTok, you owe me,” and tells young viewers that one of them could one day sit at his desk.
• The administration recently reached an agreement with ByteDance and issued an executive order to allow TikTok’s continued operation in the United States under new safeguards.
• The White House says Oracle will oversee the U.S. version’s recommendation algorithm and protect American user data as part of the security framework.
• Congress in 2024 set a divest-or-close requirement over national-security concerns, and the new arrangement enabled the platform’s ongoing use, including the launch of an official White House account.