Trump and his deputy return to TikTok after nearly a year of absence

US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance returned to TikTok on October 6, after nearly a year of absence from the platform since the 2024 election.

Mr. Trump signed an executive order announcing plans to sell TikTok's US business to US investors, September 25 - Photo: REUTERS

In the first video posted on his personal TikTok account after returning, Mr. Trump said: “To all the young people on TikTok - I saved TikTok, so you owe me a lot!”

Meanwhile, Mr. Vance said: “So happy to be back on TikTok thanks to President Trump! Stay tuned for updates from the White House…”.

Both posts came just weeks after Mr. Trump signed an executive order granting TikTok a preliminary agreement to continue operating in the United States, while meeting national security requirements under current law.

Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance's TikTok accounts were shut down in November 2024, after both posted short videos urging voters to go to the polls.

This return represents a turning point in the views of Mr. Trump - who once declared that he would "completely ban TikTok" in 2020 due to national security concerns.

However, since his re-election, Mr. Trump has changed his strategy, using TikTok to spread his campaign image and reach a large number of young users.

As soon as he returned to the White House earlier this year, he signed an executive order temporarily suspending the TikTok ban, paving the way for negotiations to sell the app to its US owner.

According to the Wall Street Journal , TikTok will be spun off into a new joint venture in the US with the participation of a group of domestic investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, and businessmen Larry Ellison, Michael Dell and Rupert Murdoch.

US investors will hold about 80% of shares and control of the board of directors, while ByteDance (China) will hold less than 20% and only have one seat on the board of directors, and will not participate in security-related issues.

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KHANH QUYNH

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