Can somebody educate me on why Trump would be interested in not enforcing the ban at this point, given that he was the first to propose it? That 1.5M followers really worth it?
A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now.
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!
Jan 19, 2025
with elon controlling x, he needs a social media platform under his control. the best he can possibly do is to create that US sovereign wealth fund and use it to control tiktok.
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He might also be intentionally lying to create the impression of support, but he has publicly stated:
> I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok, because I won youth by 34 points … Republicans are always 30 points down in youth. I don’t know why. But we ended up finishing. There was one poll that showed us down about 30. We were 35 or 36 points up with young people. So I have a little bit of a warm spot in my heart, I’ll be honest.
TikTok showed a message thanking Trump when restoring service to US users, and users have been commenting on certain topics getting much fewer recommendations by the algorithm since then.
I don’t think there’s any real ideology or principle at play. He’s happy to sell out the US if he gets to do it.
His first term time and again on some topics he talks big, like repealing Obamacare, china tariffs… and walks away after some small action.
If banning TikTok made him look good in the eyes of most people, TikTok would be banned the first day he was in office. And that might still happen.