On April 7, 2025, a TikTok user with the handle @alanaconder posted a video that has stirred up serious concern. She said, “gonna do Donald Trump how they did JFK,” referring to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. The video quickly spread beyond TikTok, gaining attention on X and highlighting a worrying pattern of similar threats against the former president on social media.
In her video, @alanaconder appears to be lying in bed, dressed in a dark top. She captions the clip with the same threatening words she speaks, making her meaning hard to miss. Accounts like Libs of TikTok and its_The_Dr shared the video on X, tagging the FBI and Secret Service to demand action. So far, no one knows if TikTok has taken the video down or if officials have started looking into it.
People on X reacted quickly. Many called the statement a crime and wondered why TikTok wasn’t arrested yet. One user posted,
“This is serious. The FBI needs to investigate immediately.”
Others pointed out the danger of letting such threats slide, showing how tense the situation has become online.
This isn’t the first time something like this has happened. Over the past year, several TikTok users have made bold threats against Donald Trump, often tying them to past assassinations or even offering rewards.
These incidents show a real trend of threats popping up on TikTok. Some folks say these are just jokes or angry outbursts, but the law doesn’t see it that way. Threatening a former president is a federal offense, and agencies like the Secret Service have to check out anything that seems serious. That’s because the risk to public safety is too big to ignore.
Social media platforms like TikTok, with millions of users, have a tough job keeping dangerous posts in check. The app has over 170 million users in the U.S. alone, and sorting out what’s a threat from what’s just talk isn’t easy. A recent study shows how tricky it is for these companies to stop harmful content without stepping on free speech. As online spaces grow, so does the need to spot and stop threats like this.
Right now, no one knows what will happen with @alanaconder’s case. The video has people talking, and past incidents suggest police will keep an eye on it.
