How internet users sabotaged Donald Trump's Tulsa meeting

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On Saturday, June 20, President Donald Trump relaunched his electoral campaign in front of a crowd less numerous than announced. Only half of the 19,000 seats at the Tulsa BOK Center were occupied. Donald Trump accused the media and the demonstrators, but this Sunday morning the American press evokes another explanation. The president would have been the victim of a sabotage of Internet users ...

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From our correspondent in New York , Loubna Anaki

The watchword would have been given on the social network TikTok, very popular among the under 25s. An instruction: order mass tickets for the Donald Trump meeting, without going there on D-Day.

This Sunday, dozens of videos showing Internet users laughing at the American president were shared on social networks. We see some pretexting a DIY session or a walk with their cat as a reason for their absence on Saturday.

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A campaign very well organized and supported by millions of fans of KPop, South Korean pop. They were already very invested in recent weeks in the Black Lives Matter movement .

Trump moderately appreciated ...

According to the New York Times which takes up the information, these young people have a perfect command of social networks and their algorithms and know how to give visibility to their internet campaign.

Everything remained discreet to avoid arousing the suspicions of the meeting organizers before it was held. If these young people believe they have sabotaged Donald Trump's return to the campaign, it is difficult to measure the exact effect of their campaign.

What is certain is that the American president, who boasted that more than a million people had requested tickets for his meeting in Tulsa, moderately appreciated being in front of a half-empty room .

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