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Generation TikTok tricks Donald Trump and deflates rally

Rita Neves Costa

The rally of the President of the United States of America this Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, left no one indifferent. There was an image that remained of this night: the several empty stands in the BOK Center arena. Young fans of k-pop (Korean pop music) and TikTok users say that they were responsible for this “match”

Everything seemed to be going well for Donald Trump. Thousands of people were expected at the first rally in months of the presidential re-election this Saturday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to marking Trump’s official campaign, the event was also a testament to the strength of health security measures for covid-19. The BOK Center was prepared to receive up to 19 thousand people, but “Sky News” says that only 10,000 supporters may have appeared. It’s because? Donald Trump may have suffered a “departure” from thousands of young people, users of the TikTok platform and Twitter accounts about k-pop, who registered at the rally and did not appear.

On June 11, Donald Trump’s campaign asked on Twitter for supporters to register for free at the event. Thousands of people will have registered, but not all of them showed up. Korean pop music fans shared the Trump team’s tweet and convinced the fan community to attend the event and not show up. Later, it was TikTok’s turn to join the “party”. The “match” videos had thousands of views.

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