Overview

• The video quickly went viral, drawing roughly two million views in about four hours with hundreds of thousands of likes, according to platform counts reported by outlets.
• Addressing younger users, Trump declared "I saved TikTok, you owe me one" in a clip recorded at the Resolute Desk.
• Days earlier, he signed an executive order certifying TikTok’s safe and legal operation in the United States after an agreement with ByteDance.
• A 2024 law requires TikTok to operate under a U.S.-controlled structure to protect American user data from potential access by Beijing.
• The White House launched an official TikTok account as Oracle is designated to supervise the U.S. version’s algorithm and security.