‘Did TikTokers and K-pop fans foil Trump’s Tulsa rally?’
23 June 2020 |
3:29 pm
In our first in-studio press review since France's lockdown measures began in March, we explore claims that TikTok users and K-pop fans sabotaged Donald Trump's Tulsa rally, as well as the Egyptian president's threat to intervene in Libya and a petition to change the name of Columbus, Ohio to "Flavortown".
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