Trump vows he will ‘never ban TikTok’ in strongest statement yet on social media giant

The New York Post ^ | 0/07/2024 | Diana Glebova

[thegagline]

Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he would “never ban TikTok,” making his firmest statement in support of the Chinese government-linked social media app that he said he would ban during his term in office. **/ “Well, the big message is vote for Trump. We’re going to make our country greater than ever before,” Trump said, before calling President Biden is the “worst president in history.”

Kirk then pressed Trump on whether he would ban TikTok, as the 45th president had come back to the app this past weekend in a video about his

UFC 302 appearance that has now amassed 121 million views.

“I will never ban TikTok,” Trump confirmed.para *** The popular social media app has been under scrutiny for years as a national security threat, given the parent company, ByteDance, is linked to the Chinese Communist Party.

Biden signed a bill into law in April mandating ByteDance sell the app in six months or have it be banned in the US — a process that will take about nine months to come into effect.

Trump had originally been against TikTok and had issued an executive order banning it in 2020, but has reversed course since leaving office.

The change in tune came after Trump reportedly met with a major donor to his campaign, Jeffrey Yass, who has a 15% stake in ByteDance. Trump’s TikTok praise is also a strategy to reach young people, the primary demographic using the app.***

[thegagline]

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[brownsfan]

I don’t like tik tok. I deleted it from my phone. But banning tiktok is a slippery slope. Those scumbags in DC are libel to ban all kinds of things.

[delchiante]

Getting muzzled and deplatformed and gagged has consequences

[thegagline]

Trump’s Executive Order on Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok, August 6, 2020

[gibsonguy]

He changed his mind before any donation. He changed when it became obvious the rats and the deep state wanted to use the ban to shut down opposition. I suspect you knew this

[thegagline]

I don’t like tik tok. I deleted it from my phone. But banning tiktok is a slippery slope. Those scumbags in DC are libel to ban all kinds of things.

Agreed. In addition, banning TikTok would only help Facebook and Google which are organs of the Democrat party.

[In_Iowa_not_from]

OP is a longtime never-Trump troll.

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[FreeReign]

What a Difference a Day Donation Makes

What a difference 120 million views makes.

[thegagline]

He changed his mind before any donation. He changed when it became obvious the rats and the deep state wanted to use the ban to shut down opposition. I suspect you knew this

Source?

Here’s a source that says otherwise
Trump's TikTok ban reversal comes after meeting megadonor who has stake in TikTok

[Olog-hai]

Trump had originally been against TikTok and had issued an executive order banning it in 2020 …

That is not what the EO says. Did Diana try reading it?

[thegagline]

Apparently, you are triggered by facts and reality. That is unfortunate.

[Retrofitted]

Thank you! Jeez, what a short memory people have. President Trump's executive order limited the use of TikTok within the government. My employer, because of our interaction with the government, limits my access to TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and a few thousand other sites because my work involves interacting with the government. President Trump's EO was nothing like a ban.

Personally, I think he flipped because he spent his first term finding out just how evil the deep-state bastards can be and how banning Tiktok can be turned around by them to ban anything they bloody well want.

[In_Iowa_not_from]

Sure troll.

[Olog-hai]

Shows the sad state of the NY Post when they posit NPR’s phony “effectively ban” headline as truth.

[Gene Eric]

Never any mention of the Oracle deal that was terminated by Biden

[SoConPubbie]

He changed his mind before any donation. He changed when it became obvious the rats and the deep state wanted to use the ban to shut down opposition. I suspect you knew this

Yea, but the truth doesn't work for Gag-me, a notorious Never-Trumper!

[thegagline]

Much like the Democrats, when faced with facts, the True Believer Idolaters respond with ad homonym attacks and calls for censorship.

[Olog-hai]

Error 404.

If you mean this ABC “News” article, then your ideas of “facts” and “reality” are highly tenuous, with all due respect, and you only wound your own credibility.

[Olog-hai]

Trolling now?

Oh well. ABC News is “facts and reality” to you, so have a nice day.

[dead]

The Communist Chinese TickTok is a problem, but allowing this corrupt federal leviathan government to decide which apps and websites are allowed to exist is a far greater threat to our freedom.