Overview

• The @whitehouse profile launched with videos featuring President Donald Trump, including a 27‑second clip and a tour of the executive residence.
• TikTok followers for the new account jumped quickly, with reports noting growth from thousands within an hour to more than 100,000 by the next morning.
• A 2024 federal law requires TikTok to divest U.S. operations from ByteDance or be blocked, and the administration’s latest 90‑day extension puts the deadline in mid‑September.
• Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has warned the app will “go dark” on September 17 if no agreement creates a new operator independent of the China‑based parent.
• Critics argue the repeated extensions sidestep national‑security concerns, even as a separate policy continues to bar the app on official government devices.