Teenagers, TikTok users and Korean pop music fans may have trolled the president of the United States
Trump culture, on display at his Tulsa rally, is like an elaborate and dangerous alternate-reality game. Key words signal an in-the-know audience.
Inside the 19,000-seat BOK Center in Tulsa, where Trump thundered that “the silent majority is stronger than ever before,” numerous seats were empty. Tulsa Fire Department spokesperson Andy Little said the city fire marshal’s office reported a crowd of just less than 6,200 in the arena. City officials had expected a crowd of 100,000 people or more in downtown Tulsa, but that never materialized. That said, the rally, which was broadcast on cable, also targeted voters in battleground states such as Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Florida.Social media users who have followed recent events might not be surprised by the way young people mobilized to troll the president. They did it not just on TikTok but also on Twitter, Instagram and even Facebook.
Schmidt said he was not surprised. Today’s teens, after all, grew up with phones and have “absolutely” mastered them, he said. They are also the first generation to have remote Zoom classes and have a “subversive sense of humor,” having come of age in a world of online trolls and memes. Most of all, he said, “they are aware of what is happening around them.”
“Like salmon in the river, they participate politically through the methods and means of their lives,” Schmidt added.
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