WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House launched an official TikTok account on Tuesday, taking advantage of the short video app's more than 170 million U.S. users to spread the messages of President Donald Trump.

Less than 24 hours after the White House launched a TikTok page, its videos have been inundated with comments about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. The new account, which uses the handle @whitehouse and has posted seven videos since launching on Tuesday night,

Since taking office in January, Donald Trump’s administration has ushered in a change of tone in government that is in stark contrast to the previous one. Where typically people expect the government of one of the world’s most powerful countries to be serious and level-headed,

President Donald Trump is pushing for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet before a possible trilateral meeting involving the U.S.The president also ruled out sending U.