Summary
Donald Trump called TikTok “worthless” and suggested he might not intervene to lift its nationwide ban, which took effect on January 19 over national security concerns about its Chinese ownership.
Previously, Trump had pledged to save TikTok, citing its role in his campaign’s social media success, but his latest remarks hinted at demands for U.S. ownership of the platform.
House Speaker Mike Johnson supported the ban, citing fears of Chinese influence on TikTok’s algorithms.
I’m getting whiplash from all the backtracking and it’s only day two.
I think it’s a threat to ensure that TikTok does what he says. Lots of reports (that I as an Australian can’t verify before it works for me) of searches for Trump incriminating videos are returning no results since it came back. It feels like there were conditions on not banning TikTok.
Bidding war. Zuckerberg paid more.
Your move China.
A platform that probably helped him a lot becoming the president. How ironic.
Lol…
After the pump, comes the dump.
Man, I really hope he does the double-flipflop on this and bans it again. Because Tiktok pulled the stunt this weekend to kiss his ass, blocking the app preemptively for the USA and crediting Trump with “saving” it with the popup message. This would be most disruptive to the propaganda pushers on both sides of the globe, and piss off the most people against them.
u-turning so fast he’s basically drifting in circles.
Did someone say donuts?!
I think you’re on to something…
I think you’re on
tosomething…FTFY 😁
“The Weave” lol
Isn’t the ‘weave’ the mop of hairsprayed fiber on top of Trump’s head?
Assuming you’re serious, its what he describes how he wanders one topic to another when asked about a plain fact. if not serious, yes, absolutely. Greatest weave in all the lands of the gulf of america
I hope Mexico retaliates by renaming Baja California
Could just rename Mexico to Great America
America with Good Food.
They should petition IUPAC to rename Americium to Mexiconium
Trump holds no convictions outside filling his ego hole. He will go with whatever the most influential person that talked to him last. His u-turn here doesn’t surprise me in the slightest.
It will be especially funny because they have had a lot more conservative type join as well, and based off everyone complaining about their “algorithm” it seems like those types are enjoying themselves…
it amuses me that people expect anything else from his presidency. it will be a “highest bidder wins” war.
He meant that TikTok’s gratuities are worth less than Zuckerberg and Musk’s.
He’s talking big so that Tiktok sells their US operations to Elon. Then he gets to take credit as a deal maker.
Did tiktok not offer to kiss his ass or pay him tribute like all the other companies?
i think zuckerberg kissed his ass harder and more affectionately than tiktok did
They’re not letting him have a cut of the company cake.
Guess they didn’t donate enough to his inauguration fund.
They must not have reached the expected bribe level.
The deal was switched to a subscription based model.
Or meta paid even more to make it go away
Lmao is Trump negging them.
Glad someone else sees this for what it is.
What a capricious shit.
This is leverage, nothing more. He has every intention of saving it. He’s just going to make sure that he gets his cut and assurances that any anti-Trump videos be scrubbed and any searches return no results. And he wants to make sure they continue to do what he wants, when he wants, and the way he wants by literally hanging a potential ban over their heads that he can sign into effect by EO at the stroke of his favorite sharpie.
It is literally a Mafia protection racket on steroids.
The irony of trump saving it only to make it considerably more dangerous for American stability when it was originally banned because it was dangerous for no explained reason. A tiktok that caters to trump should be banned, but doing so is the only way not to be and well “corporations gonna corporate”.
I disagree. Trump and Musk own competitors to TokTok.
They are not going to hurt themselves in order to help a Chinese competitor.
Also, they are now in the ones in charge AND the Chinese government is actually using TikTok to spy on THEM.
