I Watched the Trump Admin’s Unfathomably Weird TikTok Videos So You Don’t Have To. But You Might Want To. They’re Insane.


As of last week, the defining attention-gobbler of our age is also a mouthpiece for the Trump administration. After a multiyear ban on using TikTok on government devices due to security concerns over the platform’s Chinese ownership, the Department of Justice announced that the app, whose U.S.
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As of last week, the defining attention-gobbler of our age is also a mouthpiece for the Trump administration. After a multiyear ban on using TikTok on government devices due to security concerns over the platform’s Chinese ownership, the Department of Justice announced that the app, whose U.S. operations are now managed by a joint venture with majority-American stakeholders, is now safe to use. Eager to spew their creative juices, several high-ranking federal officials and departments created their first TikTok accounts or began posting with renewed gusto on old ones.
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I Watched the Trump Admin’s Unfathomably Weird TikTok Videos So You Don’t Have To. But You Might Want To. They’re Insane.
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