The White House opened an official TikTok account on 19 August, debuting with a 27-second montage of President Donald Trump in which he declares, “I am your voice.” Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the move is intended to “communicate the historic successes President Trump has delivered” to the platform’s roughly 170 million U.S. users. The launch makes the Trump administration the first to establish a presence on the Chinese-owned video app even as TikTok’s future in the United States remains uncertain. A bipartisan law adopted in 2024 requires parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations or face a nationwide ban; the current deadline, already extended three times by Trump, falls on 17 September. By Tuesday evening the @whitehouse account had attracted about 20,000 followers, underscoring TikTok’s reach among younger voters whom Trump credited with helping him win the 2024 election. While the administration pursues a potential sale to U.S. investors, several lawmakers continue to warn that Chinese ownership could expose American user data or be used to influence public opinion.