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Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Trump joins TikTok and gains 3 million followers in two days

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Donald Trump has garnered over three million followers in just two days on social media platform TikTok – the app he once tried to ban on national security grounds.

The decision to join the short video-sharing app is seen as an outreach to young Gen Z voters in his third bid for the White House. He is in a close race with Democratic incumbent Joe Biden ahead of the 5 November presidential election.

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