(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 01, 2020 shows the logo of the social media video sharing app Tiktok displayed on a tablet screen in Paris, and US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 30, 2020. The US Supreme Court on January 17, 2025, upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in the United States starting on January 19. White House officials on January 17 told US media that they would not enforce the ban and leave it up to President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office a day later. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE and JIM WATSON / AFP)
(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 01, 2020 shows the logo of the social media video sharing app Tiktok displayed on a tablet screen in Paris, and US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 30, 2020. The US Supreme Court on January 17, 2025, upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in the United States starting on January 19. White House officials on January 17 told US media that they would not enforce the ban and leave it up to President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office a day later. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE and JIM WATSON / AFP)
(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 01, 2020 shows the logo of the social media video sharing app Tiktok displayed on a tablet screen in Paris, and US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 30, 2020. The US Supreme Court on January 17, 2025, upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in the United States starting on January 19. White House officials on January 17 told US media that they would not enforce the ban and leave it up to President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office a day later. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE and JIM WATSON / AFP)
A US man who allegedly said President Donald Trump “needs to be assassinated” and posed on TikTok holding a rifle has been arrested, authorities said.
Douglas Thrams, 23, posted multiple videos on TikTok between Monday, when Trump was inaugurated, and Wednesday threatening anti-government violence, according to a criminal complaint Thursday.
“Every US government building needs to be bombed immediately,” Thrams was quoted as saying in one of the videos.
Referring to Trump, Thrams went on to say, using an expletive, “He needs to be assassinated and this time, don’t… miss.”