Trump says he will issue an executive order Monday to get TikTok back up

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  2. How can he issue that when it’s a signed law that’s been passed in congress and signed by Biden?

    Edit: See that the law gives the sitting president the ability to give a 90 day extension if there is a viable sale underway . Does that mean there is someone about buy it?

  3. Nothing in the text of the Act suggests that would have any force or consequence. It takes an act of Congress.

  4. He has 90 days for resolution. So who’s gonna buy it? If not, it’s banned for good.

  8. Yes. TikTok. The big pressing issue of our time

  9. He was literally the guy who wanted it banned in the first place. Literally no principles what so ever.

  12. TikTok will be back once trump gets paid by the Chinese. You have to pay to play

  13. Trump is going to swoop in and “save” TikTok, and millions of young people will see him and Republicans in a positive light. We know it’s all performative nonsense, but this kind of propaganda works, and it will leave an impression on an entire generation.

    It’s amazing how badly Democrats fumbled the ball on this. You can’t ban the treat app in a treat based economy and not expect it to blow up in your face.

  16. Reminds me of Reagan not allowing the Iranians to release the hostages until he was sworn in, he was responsible for them being held longer

  17. Mr. Flip Flop over here. “TikTok needs to be banned, unless they pay me 1 billion dollars (Dr. Evil voice)”

  19. Ok so the whole TikTok issue was all political theater.

    What else is new

  21. Ah yes, the political move. Start the ban trend while previous in office. It gets banned. All of Congress makes tons of money investing in Meta. Then the fat orange savior wins over young voters by canceling the very the thing he started. We’re all being played and we’re all gonna lose. Fight against monied interests and the oligarchy or we’ll never have our great country again.

  23. Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t he for a tiktok ban at first?

  24. Of course he will. He just forgot he was against TikTok at first. Then his doners reminded him how good Chinese owned Spyware is for America.

    4 more years of “America for Sale”

  25. If we on the internet could see this theater coming from a mile away, then why didn’t our representatives see it coming?

    How many more times is this conman going to be allowed to play people for fools? Is there anyone intelligent in congress that can oppose him?

  27. Trump and his stooges will just ignore the law and let TikTok operate. It will become a MAGA propaganda machine for GenZ. 

  29. He’s the one who signed an executive order back in Aug 2020 to ban it, but this isn’t a serious nation anymore, so who cares?

  30. Okay. So Congress can pass laws and the President can overrule them a week later by executive order. Cool cool.

    This is such an own goal by Democrats with young people.

  32. This is a disgusting betrayal of America on Trump’s part on so many levels.

    First off, it is obvious TikTok is a national security threat. TikTok executives in the US are forced to sign various pledges and agreements, including as part of their compensation package, to [uphold the goals of the Chinese government](https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/tiktok-executive-alleges-forced-oath-to-support-chinas-socialist-system/). It even came out that America based executives of TikTok have a second manager in China that is part of the parent ByteDance company, to keep them in line. To me that makes all these executives treasonous, since they’re aiding a foreign country without declaring this to the government transparently.

    Second, TikTok is bad for young people. TikTok in America is [very different](https://abcnews.go.com/Business/tiktok-china/story?id=108111708) from TikTok in China for those reasons. The fact that the parent company ByteDance has designed the American app to not have the same protections is ridiculous.

    Third, we know TikTok already was violating privacy laws. Remember when they told Congress that all data on US users is kept in the US? Yea [that turned out to be a lie](https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/08/tech/tiktok-data-china/index.html). How can you trust a social media app from a foreign adversary who lied under oath?

    Fourth, social media apps from the rest of the world are banned in China. The CCP keeps a tight control on information that its citizens see. If America has no way to compete fairly in the Chinese market for social media, why should they get access here? It makes no sense from a free trade perspective.

    Fifth, we passed a law to enact this ban and the rule of law matters. The bill had overwhelming bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. The lawsuit from TikTok went up to the Supreme Court and the law was upheld 9-0. The only way to grant an extension according to the law is this:

    > With respect to a foreign adversary controlled application, the President may grant a 1-time extension of not more than 90 days with respect to the date on which this subsection would otherwise apply to such application pursuant to paragraph (2), if the President certifies to Congress that—
    > (A) a path to executing a qualified divestiture has been identified with respect to such application;
    > (B) evidence of significant progress toward executing such qualified divestiture has been produced with respect to such application; and
    > (C) there are in place the relevant binding legal agreements to enable execution of such qualified divestiture during the period of such extension.

    We’ve seen no reporting at all that any of these conditions are met, let alone evidence. If the President “certifies” this to Congress at this point, it would be a lie. Not a great way to start a new term. It’s also especially strange given that Republican support for a ban is far stronger than Democrat support. I think if Trump finds a buyer, we should be deeply skeptical because China would only accept the deal if they had a way to control that buyer. For example, Elon Musk would be a bad buyer because he depends on the Chinese market for Tesla to hold its value.

    For all these reasons and more, we should ban TikTok and all other apps from China. We should also revisit our relationship with China in general. Given things like the Salt Typhoon cyberattack and so many other incidents, America and Europe need to stop being weak and start being aggressive.

  33. He was for banning tik Tok until he realized he could turn it into one of his grifts.

  34. TikTok shut itself down. Biden said he would let the Trump administration enforce the law. Trump said he would give them a 90 day reprieve. And then TikTok shut itself down. This is all to curry favor with Trump, either by TikTok itself or the Chinese.

  35. So…another EO on TikTok ban? Jfc. It’s just for show at this point. I’d like to remind **EVERYONE** that *Trump* issued an EO to **BAN** TikTok during his first term.

    I’d like to point out that he signed the Executive Order in August. In June, TikTok users and K-pop fans, copped tickets to his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, leaving the venue mostly empty

    His banning of TikTok started because his feelings got hurt. Now, he can look like a savor. Cultists will follow this blindly

  36. If you get back on it, you have no one to blame but yourself.

    Edit: And, Trump. Blame him, too.

  37. TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER IN 2020 TO BAN TIKTOK !!!

  38. Sadistic glee as I watch our country destroy itself contorting to a singular individual.

  39. How could Biden allow Trump’s tiktok ban to proceed? Trump better fix this by undoing Trump’s tiktok ban.

  41. And it’s already back up for me.

    People please take this as a lesson for the next 4 years – please don’t stress over every little action or threat. It’s mostly BS political “strategery” – you won’t be able to mentally handle the next 4 years if you let each thing emotionally impact you.

    Focus on what will take away the house in 2026 (senate very unlikely) and whatever helps take the White House back in 28.

  42. >Without U.S. approval, there is no Tik Tok. With our approval, it is worth hundreds of billions of dollars – maybe trillions.”

    Jackass who thinks the world outside his sight does not exist doesn’t know that most of TikTiks users are outside the US.

  43. As much as I enjoy TikTok, can we please get our government to do something serious? No more TikTok. No more pump and dump meme coins. No more fake efficiency departments that can’t do anything. Let’s get jobs, health care, education, and infrastructure.

    Please.

  44. Create a problem. “Solve“ the problem. Bam! You are a superhero!

  45. So on the first day of his term – Trump is going to nullify a law passed by Congress last year and upheld by courts last week?

    Very strong republic we have here.

  48. Half of America elected one of the most corrupt, ignorant, and morally reprehensible human beings on planet earth. The collective intelligence of people in the US has hit an all time low.

  49. Based on what Stormy Daniels says, I don’t think he can get anything up that fast.

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