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Donald Trump has joined a new social media app – TikTok! The 77-year-old former President made his debut on the video app on Saturday (June 1) with his first post, recapping his time at the UFC fight that night. Donald‘s new venture on TikTok may come as a bit of a surprise after he tried to ban the app in the US while he was president back in 2020. Keep reading to find out more… In August 2020, the former President declared a national emergency and signed an executive order to ban the app and its parent company ByteDance from operating in the US. Just a couple weeks later, TikTok then sued the Trump Administration over the ban. Fast forward to present day, and current President Joe Biden has signed a bill that would force ByteDance to divest in order to keep TikTok running in the US, or it will be banned. Trump joining TikTok comes just days after he was convicted of all 34 counts in hush money trial. His sentencing will come in July, days before the Republican National Convention, where the political party will formally choose their nominee for this year’s presidential election.
