Washington, Aug. 20 -- The White House launched an official TikTok account on Tuesday, less than a month before U.S. President Donald Trump's deadline for the social media app to either find a new owner or face a ban in the United States.
The account posted its debut video on Tuesday afternoon -- a 27-second clip featuring footage of Trump walking and interacting with his supporters, accompanied by audio from his acceptance speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
A few hours after the debut video, the account has garnered over 57,000 followers, while the TikTok account Trump used for his presidential campaign last year has more than 15 million followers.
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