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Exactly, Bytedance/Chinese government wants Trump to look bad, if TikTok stays dark. Nevermind that Trump was the one that tried to ban TikTok in the first place. And never mind that everyone from house to senate to Biden to Supreme Court voted to ban TikTok.

And never mind that the majority of users on TikTok are far left woke democrats.

This message about Trump saving TikTok is just wishful thinking from TikTok.

1.) It's pointless, TikTok is officially banned in US. Even if trump decides to find a US buyer for it, it will go under strict ownership investigation. So there's no way Chinese government has any influence anymore.

2.) This means that any future Chinese apps that get popular will get banned, and no need to go through any court challenges since there's precedent and law

3.) A lot of people already left TikTok and will not come back - why would they when they know the app could be gone at any minute? The traffic from the original TikTok will just keep getting split and syphoned, until the magnificent seven claims most of it

Exactly! The China and Russia supporters are crying and trying all sorts of deflection and false equivalence. never mind that

1.) It's pointless, TikTok is officially banned in US. Even if trump decides to find a US buyer for it, it will go under strict ownership investigation. So there's no way Chinese government has any influence anymore.

2.) This means that any future Chinese apps that get popular will get banned, and no need to go through any court challenges since there's precedent and law

3.) The traffic from the original TikTok will just keep getting split and syphoned, until the magnificent seven claims most of it