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Trump campaign dismisses TikTok troll, but who’s having the last laugh?

President Donald Trump's re-election team has dismissed claims that a social media campaign by young Tik-Tok users and K-Pop fans was behind the low turnout for his “comeback” Tulsa rally. But the denial is being taken less seriously than the original prank.
President Donald Trump's June 20, 2020 reelection campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, drew less-than-expected crowds. © Nicholas Kamm, AFP

President Donald Trump's June 20, 2020 reelection campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, drew less-than-expected crowds. © Nicholas Kamm, AFP

The Trump presidency kicked off with a showdown on the crowd sizeat his January 2017 inauguration, forcing news organisations to devote resources to debunk the president’s claim that his swearing-in ceremony attracted more crowds than that of his predecessor, Barack Obama.

The 45th US president’s first term is winding down with another crowd size matters rumpus, sparked on a social media network dominated by teens and tweens lip-syncing to music videos and exposed largely by parents discovering what their kids were up to in a virtual space for fans of Korean popular music or K-Pop.

“TikTok Teens and K-Pop Stans Say They Sank Trump Rally,” announced a New York Times headline the morning after the US president held his first reelection campaign rally since the Covid-19 crisis gripped the country.

The event at the Bank of Oklahoma Center in Tulsa was expected to attract more than a million supporters. But the thin numbers and sea of empty blue seats inside the hall forced organisers to make last-minute changes on Saturday, including scrapping a plan to have Trump and Vice President Mike Pence address an outdoor overflow rally.

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Source: France 24

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