Trump claims to be 'number one' on TikTok. What does that mean?

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President Donald Trump touted that he's "number one" on TikTok multiple times this week. "The new numbers just came out," Trump told reporters at the White House Monday. "You know who the number one person on TikTok is by far? Trump. Me," he said. The president added that he surpassed Taylor Swift, who he said was "number 11" on the social media app. As of July 9, Trump has 16.7 million followers on TikTok. Taylor Swift has a little over double Trump's TikTok following, sitting at 33.5 million followers as of July 9. The most followed person on the app is Khabane Lame, a Senegalese influencer known for his comedic skits. Lame has 162.3 million followers on the video-sharing platform. That's nearly 10 times Trump's following. After Lame, the second most followed person on TikTok is 22-year-old Charli D'Amelio who rose to fame in late 2019 after her dance videos started going viral. She has 159.2 million followers. "I was ...

I run the UK's biggest bank, here are five ways to manage your money

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, Why the UK's biggest bank boss has a problem with influencers By Yasmin Rufo Business reporter Published 9 July 2026, 00:10 BST Charlie Nunn is CEO of Lloyds Banking Group - the UK's biggest bank providing one in four current accounts - meaning he has a deep insight into customers' spending, saving and borrowing. Here are his top tips on how to manage your money from saving to avoiding scams. 1. Automate your savings Nunn says the key to building up savings is to automate putting money aside. This means regular saving will stop being a decision or action you have to keep taking - and putting off. "If you're able to carve out a little bit and put it somewhere else where you won't have access to it and be able to spend it, I think that's the easiest way to start having a saving mindset," he says. That could mean setting up a standing order from your current account to a savings account, organising cash into different envelopes or using round-up tools that put spare change aside when you spend. Nunn recommends "saving little, saving early and saving regularly". He admits he "hates budgeting and always has" so he says he looks at his current account as soon as he gets paid and decides how much he wants to move into savings. "Do it as soon as you can," he adds. As well as savings, he recommends having an emergency fund for surprise bills like a broken boiler or car repairs. How much you need in the fund depends on your circumstances but he advises having one to three months' salary set aside if you can. Big Boss Interview: Lloyds Banking Group's Charlie Nunn The chief executive speaks to the BBC about the end of Halifax and the future of bank branches Listen on Sounds 2. Talk about money in relationships Nunn and his wife use a joint account and have "complete transparency" over money, he says. His red flag in a relationship is "someone who isn't careful with money" because he has always been "relatively prudent". His attitude to money was shaped by childhood - his parents divorced and his mother raised four children which meant he grew up thinking carefully about spending. "We were constantly worrying about what we were spending money on and managing money carefully which ranged from looking for cheap food in the supermarket to thinking carefully about holidays and what we did in our spare time". 3. Give children pocket money Nunn says his children "take no advice from me because I'm their dad" but he's tried to make them understand the value of money. "They have pocket money which helps them budget and they live within their means," he says. He adds that two of his children are more comfortable spending, while others are more natural savers, which he says reflects...

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