Donald Trump joined TikTok on Saturday night and has already posted his first video: a montage of his evening at a UFC fight in New Jersey, just days after becoming a convicted felon.
The eye-catching 13-second launch video shows Trump entering the arena, greeting fans and posing for selfies.
Trump was seen shaking hands and taking selfies with different fans at the UFC fight.
‘The President is now on TikTok,’ Trump was introduced by UFC President Dana White before saying directly to the camera, ‘It’s an honor,’ while Kid Rock’s American Bad Ass played in the background.
Donald Trump joined TikTok on Saturday night and posted his first video: a montage of his evening at a UFC fight in New Jersey. He appeared alongside UFC president Dana White.
The eye-catching launch video showed Trump entering the arena, greeting fans and posing for selfies.
At the end of the video, Trump approaches the camera and asks, “It was a good ride, right?”
At the end of the video, Trump approaches the camera and asks, “It was a good ride, right?”
The former president aptly captioned his first TikTok: “Launching my TikTok at UFC 302.”
Trump appeared to amass 220,000 followers in just a few hours, although that is a mere fraction of TikTok’s 170 million U.S. users and more than one billion monthly active users worldwide.
Trump was introduced to TikTok during his recent hush money trial.
Last week, while awaiting the verdict in a back room of the courthouse, his oldest son, Don Jr., presented the platform to his father.
The two appeared together in a TikTok while discussing their next evil tweet. Don Jr. currently has 345,000 followers and also started using the app last week.
Trump joining TikTok – and reaching out to potential younger voters – comes after the app could be banned entirely in the coming months if it does not get rid of its Chinese owner ByteDance, after Biden signed a law in April which forced a sale.
Last week, while waiting for the verdict in a back room of the courthouse, his oldest son, Don Jr, presented the platform to his father. Don Jr. also joined TikTok last week
However, Trump also did not always support the app and during his presidency attempted to ban the addictive app citing national security concerns.
Like Trump, Joe Biden’s campaign joined TikTok in February and has 334,000 followers.
Trump has said he believes ByteDance remains a threat to national security, but that blocking the app would anger young Americans and would only serve to help Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.
Trump was suspended from Facebook for two years following the 2021 Capitol riots.
He has said that he considers “Facebook to be an enemy of the people along with many media outlets.”
As Saturday night’s TikTok shows, the president’s 34 convictions did nothing to dampen the excitement of about 17,000 fans at the Prudential Center in Newark, who were on their feet excitedly as the guest of honor entered the stadium at 10. p.m.
Trump, who was president of the United States from 2017 to 2020, was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records on Thursday as a jury reached a verdict in his hush money trial.
He received a loud ovation when he entered the arena with chants of ‘USA, USA!’ He snapped, after Trump followed the entrance of wrestler Sean Strickland.
“He’s getting a standing ovation from the assembled masses,” said one of the fight commentators.
Donald Trump received a standing ovation when he arrived at UFC 302 in New Jersey, just days after becoming a convicted felon.
When Trump entered the arena, he was greeted by popular comedian Theo Von, who enthusiastically shook the president’s hand. Trump smiled at Von and patted him affectionately on the shoulder.
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who was also present, appeared on the screen and received a standing ovation.
Spotlights swept across the arena and loud rock music blared from the speakers.
Chants of “we want Trump” and “fuck Joe Biden” echoed through the crowd.
In the audience, some supporters proudly waved Trump 2024 flags.
Dana White led Trump through the crowd. Spectators cheered and applauded the former president.
As Trump walked along the path near the ring, people leaned out of their chairs to shake his hand.
Chants of ‘USA, USA!’ It broke out after Trump followed the entrance of wrestler Sean Strickland.
Without breaking stride, Trump turned, high-fived and shook hands with his enthusiastic supporters.
The camera stayed close to Trump’s face, which wore a smile and showed a grateful expression.
At one point, the president paused and pumped his fist in the air in jubilation. The roar of applause was deafening.
Before taking his seat, Trump greeted several members of the crowd and repeatedly mouthed “thank you” to his adoring supporters.
Trump walked right in front of Aaron Rodgers, who remained seated and watched the president pass by.
Spectators at the Prudential Center did not seem willing to sit down. Long after Trump entered, many of the people in the audience stood, applauding and filming videos of him on their phones.
“Well, you had a sneaking suspicion that former President Trump would be in the building for UFC 302,” the commentator narrated.
“Wow, the applause he’s getting right now is pretty amazing,” Joe Rogan, the other commentator, said incredulously.
At one point, the president paused and pumped his fist in the air in jubilation. The roar of applause was deafening.
The camera stayed close to Trump’s face, as he took turns smiling and showing an expression of gratitude.
On his way to his front-row seat, Trump stopped in the station’s box and shook Joe Rogan’s hand.
Rogan can be heard saying, “Thank you, sir.”
Trump took a seat in the corner of the ring, where he watched the fight between Makhachev and Poirier.
As the president watched the fight, a ‘fuck Joe Biden’ chant broke out.
Trump raised his fist in the air and the crowd cheered with delight.
After wrestler Kevin Holland defeated Michal Oleksiejzcuk, he emerged from the cage and shook Trump’s hand.
The UFC athlete seemed excited as he shook the former president’s hand.
Holland whispered something to Trump, who then patted the athlete’s hand.
The jury in Trump’s trial found that he illegally influenced the 2016 election by concealing a $130,000 hush payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, who claimed to have had a consensual sexual encounter with Trump a decade earlier (Trump reported it). has denied).
Each charge carries a possible maximum sentence of up to four years in prison.
Trump will be sentenced on July 11, although a prison sentence is unlikely to follow.
He is the first president in US history to be convicted of a felony and rages against the “rigged” trial, which he claims was politically motivated as his 2024 re-election campaign continues to gain steam.
The jury in Trump’s trial found that he illegally influenced the 2016 election by concealing a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels to maintain her silence.
Trump raised a staggering $52 million in campaign donations from the White House in the 24 hours after the guilty verdicts, suggesting that many of his supporters agree that his convictions were wrongful.
A DailyMail.com poll conducted Thursday night after the verdict was announced found that positive views of Trump among the electorate as a whole rose six percentage points.
During a news conference on Friday, Trump touted the poll results, declaring them evidence that the American people are rallying to his side.
Trump faces three more criminal trials for mishandling classified documents, attempting to influence the outcome of the 2020 election and fueling the Jan. 6 riot.