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The new president is populist. Once the rage of the TikTokrs is overwhelming, he's going to find a way to reinstate it.

He is populist second, and transactional first and foremost. He always has put himself, namely his vanity, first.

Vanity first, then wallet.

I don't know how you think other politicians operate, but their self-interest always comes before the interests of their constituents (maybe there is the odd exception).

And loves being the hero. When the app was taken down, there was a generic message about the ban. Then 1 hour later, it was changed to include:

“We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!”

I wonder what happened behind the scenes. This gives me flashbacks of the signed stimulus checks

Carter, Reagan, and some hostages, for example.

Not familiar with that. Could you elaborate?

It seems to imply he’s not the only one who’s done something like that. In that case, I totally agree, political figures are masters of political posturing and taking credit

And that goes for any party and probably every country in the world

Look up Iran hostage situation and how unelected presidential candidate undermined an active president.

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