Why Does Donald Trump Keep Talking About 'Tic Tac'?
Trump claimed the highest TikTok creator ranking with unverified figures, though actual data shows he ranks outside the top 10 with 16.7 million followers.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump referred to the social media platform TikTok as "Tic Tac" during an appearance at a NATO summit in Turkey, marking at least the third time he has mispronounced it this week.
- Trump's repeated mispronunciation stems from his ongoing attempts to tout his popularity on the app, where he claims to be "number one" despite data showing he does not rank among the top 50 most-followed accounts.
- During the same summit, the president also mistakenly called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky "President Putin," referred to the "Islamic Republic of Japan" when discussing Iran, and mispronounced Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin as "Len-een."
- These verbal slips follow a pattern of recent gaffes observers compare to historical moments like Richard Nixon's "I am not a crook" or President Joe Biden's 2024 confusion of Zelensky with Putin.
- While Trump claims to be the top creator, TikTok data shows Khaby Lame leads with 162.3 million followers, while Taylor Swift holds 33.5 million, significantly outperforming the president's 16.7 million followers.
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Donald Trump continues to multiply statements sometimes incendiary, sometimes erratic.
Trump Wrongly Claims He's No. 1 Person On 'Tic Tac'
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Trump Regurgitates Bonkers Social Media Boast in Head-Scratching Moment at NATO Summit
President Donald Trump strangely repeated the bizarre brag — mispronunciation and all — that he’s “No. 1 on Tic Tac” as he faced reporters during the NATO Summit in Turkey on Wednesday. The president was discussing his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Ankara summit when he suddenly blurted out: “And the numbers came out yesterday. You know who’s No. 1 on Tic Tac? I am. I’m number one on TikTok. And all I talk about is how ba…
U.S. President Donald Trump reasserted this Wednesday that he is the "number one in TikTok," days after erroneously stating that he surpassed Taylor Swift in followers on the platform and even though his account does not appear today among the 50 with the greatest reach in the application. Trump post claims that it is the "number one in TikTok" although it does not appear in the top 50 users was first published in Digital Process.
Trump Said He’s the Number One Person on Tiktok. His Account Has About 16.6 Million Followers
At a July 6 Oval Office event, President Trump said he is “the number one person” on TikTok “by far.” “Trump, me. I’m number one,” he said, adding that “Taylor Swift was number 11.” He referenced a list that he said had just come out. CNN reported he did not cite a source. By follower counts tracked on Social Blade, the most-followed TikTok account belongs to Khaby Lame at about 162 million, followed by Charli D’Amelio at about 159 million and M…
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