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TikTok Continues

CNN reported that Trump will continue to ignore a law requiring China’s TikTok to sell or be banned.  Trump will ignore the sale-or-ban law with another 90 day extension. The deadline for TikTok parent company ByteDance to hand over control of TikTok’s US operations is now September 17. Trump’s third extension of the ban.

“President Trump will sign an additional Executive Order this week to keep TikTok up and running,” Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, said in a statement. “As he has said many times, President Trump does not want TikTok to go dark. This extension will last 90 days, which the Administration will spend working to ensure this deal is closed so that the American people can continue to use TikTok with the assurance that their data is safe and secure.”

Based on national security concerns, Republican Congress passed a law requiring TikTok to be banned in the United States unless it’s sold off by its China-based parent company. The legislation that passed last year with bipartisan support over significant concerns that TikTok’s Chinese ownership poses a US national security risk.

“We are grateful for President Trump’s leadership and support in ensuring that TikTok continues to be available for more than 170 million American users and 7.5 million U.S. businesses that rely on the platform as we continue to work with Vice President Vance’s Office,” China via TikTok said in a statement.

It was Trump who first tried to ban TikTok during his previous administration, but TACO said he changed his mind after he “got to use it.” TikTok CEO Shou Chew attended Trump’s inauguration, seated on stage alongside Cabinet secretaries and other tech CEOs. Trump has not disclosed how much money TikTok has given him.