According to Trump, he's not taking sides and offers no comments on the merits of the case. But in September, he promised voters that he would "save TikTok," and currently, he "opposes banning TikTok in the United States."
One of the most persistent myths in contemporary politics is that Donald Trump is a world-class negotiator and dealmaker. The evidence suggests otherwise.
In 2020, he moved to ban the Chinese-owned app. Now, he is opposing the Biden administration’s effort to do just that.
As TikTok is set to be banned one day before Donald Trump is back in the White House, he said he wants to have a chance to save it.
President-elect Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court to pause a controversial ban on TikTok that is set to take effect next month, telling the justices in a legal filing Friday that a delay would allow his administration to “pursue a negotiated resolution.
Donald Trump who once called for TikTok to be banned, now wants to "save" the social media platform. Social media sees the jig.
The unfolding drama related to the TikTok ban has taken a new turn. Now, President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to delay their ruling.
Ajit Pai, a former FCC chairman who served under Barack Obama and Donald Trump, asked the Supreme Court to uphold a law that could ban TikTok.
President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to pause the law that would ban TikTok in mid-January until after his inauguration.
President-elect Donald Trump, who signed an executive order in 2020 that threatened to ban the use of TikTok, urged the Supreme Court to let him “save” the social media platform. A nationwide TikTok ban is set to go into effect starting Jan. 19, if its Chinese parent company doesn’t sell its stake to a U.S. company.
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) suggested that President-elect Trump’s opposition to a TikTok ban comes from his popularity on the app and the video-sharing platform lobby’s influence on his inner circle.