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Trump Posts Video Claiming Top Spot on TikTok by Views
President Donald Trump posted a video on his TikTok account Saturday asserting he leads the platform in views. He displayed statistics and stood beside the Declaration of Independence while speaking.
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President Donald Trump posted a video to his TikTok account on Saturday in which he claimed to be the platform’s top creator by views. ” Trump held up a sheet of paper headed “TRUMP on TIKTOK” that listed 425 billion all-time views of content tagged with his name.
The sheet included subcategories for policy and pop culture, plus a note of more than 1 billion views in 48 hours across three specific videos on UFC 250, Trump’s Iran Peace Deal, and “Happy Birthday Mr.
In the video Trump said he keeps hearing about TikTok’s influence yet remains number one. “Can you believe it? I’m No. 1. Look at those numbers. Billions and billions of people are looking at Trump, and I keep hearing about the influence other people have,” he stated.
The video carried the caption “I’M NUMBER ONE ON TIKTOK! ” Washington Examiner reported that the post had nearly 3 million views by Thursday morning.
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