Overview

• The @whitehouse profile went live with rapid growth, surpassing 100,000 followers in under a day and posting three videos, two featuring President Donald Trump.
• The account description reads “Bienvenidos a la Edad Dorada de América,” and the first clip proclaims, “United States, we are back,” with a Trump narration of “Yo soy su voz.”
• Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick warned in July that TikTok would go dark on September 17 unless a new, ByteDance-independent entity takes over U.S. operations.
• Trump granted successive extensions to a divestiture mandate—an initial 75 days, a second 75-day period to June 19, and a 90-day reprieve that runs to September 17.
• TikTok remains owned by ByteDance with no divestiture deal announced, even as the White House embraces the platform to reach younger voters.