Journalists, commentators respond as Trump joins TikTok, rapidly gains 10x more followers than Biden

Journalists and commentators responded to former President Trump's surprise decision to create a TikTok account, quickly eclipsing President Biden's presence on the platform. 

"Donald Trump joining TikTok is going to be huge, you watch," former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage posted to X on Sunday. "Gen Z are crying out for leadership."

As of Monday afternoon, Trump had over 4 million followers after posting his first video Saturday night. Biden, who created an account four months prior, had roughly 347,000 followers. 

"Trump has (unsurprisingly) joined tiktok," ex-social media producer for Sen. John Fetterman's campaign, Annie Wu, wrote. "In his first day he amassed 3.3M followers and received 3.2M likes on his first video[.]"