Trump says he as president will decide TikTok’s future

US President-elect Donald Trump said today that the future of the TikTok app in the US will be up to him, but the Republican did not specify what steps he would take following the Supreme Court ruling. “Ultimately, it’s up to me, so you’ll see what I do,” Trump said in an interview with CNN. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously today against TikTok in its Chinese parent company ByteDance’s challenge to a federal law requiring the popular short video app to be sold or banned in the US, a law set to take effect on January 20. Yesterday, Trump’s national security adviser said the new administration will keep TikTok “alive” in the country as long as there is a viable deal. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said after the Court’s ruling that the US should continue looking to find an American buyer for TikTok. In effect […]
Source: News Beast

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