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The plan also alerted Trump’s team to the need to use TikTok in order to reach younger audiences and recommended that Trump himself open an account.“WE have to use TIKTOK!! Content goes VIRAL here like no other platform!!!!! And there are MILLIONS of Trump supporters! It would be amazing if POTUS would use the platform actually—he’d have the biggest account EVER,” the document states.While Trump never joined TikTok, the baseless claims about widespread election fraud certainly were shared. It’s unclear if the Strategic Communications Plan was ever acted upon, but many of the influencers named in the document repeated the lies during the 10-day period that culminated on Jan. 6 with the violent attack on the Capitol.Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here.