“I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok, I won youth by 34 points, and there are those that say that TikTok has something to do with it,” he told Fox News earlier this year.
“Joe Rogan [helped] and some other people, who were recommended by my son, Barron, he knew names… that had an impact, and TikTok had an impact.”
Last month, Mr Trump signed an executive order saying that TikTok “will be majority-owned and controlled by United States persons and will no longer be controlled by any foreign adversary”.
He celebrated by posting his own TikTok video to the app. “To all of those young people of TikTok, I saved TikTok, so you owe me big,” he said in the clip.
“Now, you’re looking at me in the Oval Office, and someday one of you are going to be be sitting right at this desk, and you’re gonna be doing a great job also.”
