President Donald Trump took jabs at Taylor Swift during a rally held at the Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport in Bullhead City, Arizona. The eighty-year-old’s remarks were broadcast on LiveNOW from FOX, a Fox News channel. The rally was held ahead of the November midterm elections, during which Trump also claimed to be the number one user on TikTok.“I made $72 billion dollars on TikTok! You know who’s number one on TikTok is? Trump. Remember? Trump,” he said.“I’m number one,” he added. He then turned his attention to Swift. “Can you believe it? Taylor Swift is 19. I’m number one,” he continued. It wasn’t the first time Swift’s name had surfaced around the president's TikTok activity. Back in August 2026, a Team Trump campaign video had her song “August” stripped of audio after a copyright claim. The caption had read, “I’m sure @Taylor Swift is going to be super excited we used her song!” Fans noticed that the Swift song, from her 2020 album Folklore, was removed from the video.Trump had posted “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” on social media back in September 2024, a situation which followed Swift’s announcement that she intended to vote for Kamala Harris in the U.S. presidential election.Taylor Swift attends the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) at Peacock Theater on September 27, 2026 in Los Angeles, California - Source: GettyTrump previously claimed to be No. 1 on TikTok at NATO summit:Trump’s Arizona rally remarks weren’t the first time he had made the No. 1 TikTok claim. As per a report shared by CNBC back in July 2026, the president had touted the same claim multiple times at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.“I was No. 1,” he shared. “All these entertainers, they’re Nos. 27, 29, it’s crazy. I don’t even understand myself, but it means my word’s getting out,” he added.Joe Locke and Charli D'Amelio attend Vogue World: Milano 2026 at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II on September 22, 2026 in Milan, Italy - Source: GettyAs per the CNBC report, the most followed person on TikTok was actually Khabane Lame, a Senegalese and Italian influencer widely known for his comedic skits. The second-most followed person on the app was Charli D’Amelio, who rose to fame in late 2019 after her dance videos started going viral.A Truth Social post had added some clarity to Trump’s claims back then. Trump shared a message from TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew confirming that the president was the No. 1 most followed world leader on the app, which is a notably different distinction from being the most followed person overall.The president's TikTok content mostly consists of short videos of him speaking directly to his audience from the Oval Office, covering various presidential priorities, announcements and initiatives.What really changed after TikTok’s U.S. sale closed:Shou Zi Chew (C), the CEO of TikTok, arrives to attend the United States Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th President of the United States - Source: GettyAs per a report shared by Politico, the answer, for the most part, is very little. The sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations to a group of investors friendly to the 47th President had created a chaotic atmosphere inside the company in the months before the deal was finalized. Employees mostly learned about developments through news reports rather than internal communications, a situation which stemmed from what they described as the company’s secretive management style.When the deal finally closed in January, the newly formed entity, officially named TikTok USDS Joint Venture, continued operating in close coordination with the global TikTok organization. Current and former employees, who were granted anonymity by Politico, confirmed that U.S. staff still rely on Lark, a chat system originally built by ByteDance, TikTok’s former Beijing-based parent company, to communicate with colleagues worldwide. Not everyone inside the company was comfortable with that arrangement.“There is a necessity to be able to speak to our global colleagues, but I can think of a thousand different ways we would be able to do that that wouldn’t necessarily violate at least the spirit of this agreement,” said one TikTok employee.TikTok, for its part, pushed back on those concerns. The company said in January that the ongoing coordination was a key element of the deal’s framework, stating,“Interoperability enables the Joint Venture to provide U.S. users with a global TikTok experience, ensuring U.S. creators can be discovered and businesses can operate on a global scale.”