{"id":2381052,"date":"2024-12-17T14:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T19:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-warms-to-tiktok-meeting-with-ceo-as-ban-looms-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T14:46:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T19:46:09","slug":"trump-warms-to-tiktok-meeting-with-ceo-as-ban-looms-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-warms-to-tiktok-meeting-with-ceo-as-ban-looms-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump warms to TikTok, meeting with CEO as ban looms &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-warms-to-tiktok-meeting-with-ceo-as-ban-looms-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2381052&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh article discusses President-elect donald Trump&#8217;s evolving stance on TikTok amidst\u2063 looming concerns of a potential \u200cban.In a notable shift from his previous administration&#8217;s position, which advocated for a ban on the app due \u200bto its\u200c Chinese ownership by bytedance, Trump has expressed a willingness to\u200c reconsider\u200b this approach.\u200b He indicated that if TikTok cannot convince ByteDance to sell the app and avoid the ban scheduled for January, he might take\u200c steps to protect it once he assumes \u2063office.Trump mentioned a personal connection to \u200bthe platform, suggesting it \u2063may have contributed\u200c to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-primary-puts-squad-democrats-in-crosshairs-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"New York primary puts &#039;Squad&#039; Democrats in crosshairs - Washington Examiner\">prior electoral success<\/a>, despite \u200cincorrect\u2064 claims about winning the youth vote by a meaningful margin. this progress comes after TikTok&#8217;s recent \u200bpetition \u200dto the Supreme Court to halt the impending ban.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump warms to TikTok, meeting with CEO as ban looms<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1913575\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> might kill a ban on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tiktok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TikTok<\/a> if its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, doesn&rsquo;t sell the popular app, which is a sharp policy reversal from his first term.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Unless TikTok can convince ByteDance to sell and find a buyer, it will be banned in U.S. app stores in January. Hours after TikTok petitioned the Supreme Court to halt the ban, Trump indicated he might make moves to save its future when he is sworn into office next month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know, I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok because I won youth by 34 points and there are those that say that TikTok has something to do with it,&rdquo; Trump said Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Trump did not win the youth vote by 34 points, as he said. He lost the youth vote to Vice President Kamala Harris by 11 points nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>During Trump&rsquo;s first administration, he supported a ban on the app and sought to clamp down on TikTok via executive action. Four years later, he seems open to keeping the app around.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Trump noted he had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-deletes-president-trumps-tweets-threatens-permanent-suspension\/\" title=\"Twitter deletes President Trump\u2019s tweets, threatens permanent suspension\">security concerns<\/a> about the app. However, he also recognized the app poses a direct threat to Meta and banning TikTok would be beneficial for the competitor Trump has been critical of.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Without TikTok, you can make Facebook bigger, and I consider Facebook to be an enemy of the people,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/trump-says-tiktok-national-security-threat-facebook-enemy-people-rcna142733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> CNBC.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3025427\/donald-trump-unveils-tiktok-account\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">joined<\/a> TikTok in June, gaining millions of followers on the platform over the course of the electoral contest.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Trump met with TikTok CEO Shou Chew ahead of its looming ban. Chew has been trying to meet with Trump since he was elected, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/16\/tech\/tiktok-ceo-trump-supreme-court\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok has petitioned for its case to remain on the market in the United States, but its appeals have largely been denied. The company filed an emergency application Monday imploring the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Supreme Court<\/a> to block its ban temporarily. TikTok<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3254344\/tiktok-files-emergency-motion-stop-ban-taking-place\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> argued<\/a> that the possible ban violates its First Amendment right to free speech.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congress&rsquo;s unprecedented attempt to single out applicants and bar them from operating one of the most significant speech platforms in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-asks-supreme-court-to-step-in-and-halt-looming-ban-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"TikTok asks Supreme Court to step in and halt looming ban - Washington Examiner\">nation presents grave constitutional problems<\/a> that this court likely will not allow to stand,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">social media platform&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s lawyers wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Congress passed the ban with bipartisan support. President Joe Biden signed it into law in April, after years of some lawmakers questioning if ByteDance is a national security concern due to its ties to the Chinese Communist Party. ByteDance has repeatedly indicated that it is unwilling to sell the app.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear exactly how Trump could step in and halt the ban before it takes place. The ban is set to take place on Jan. 19,&nbsp;the day before he becomes president.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He could petition Congress to repeal the law, which passed overwhelmingly in both chambers. However, two of Trump&rsquo;s Cabinet picks, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL), were vocal advocates of banning TikTok due to its perceived security concerns and voted in favor of its ban.<\/p>\n<p>As president, Trump could also choose not to enforce the ban. In theory, the Justice Department under Trump could opt against enforcement of the law and&nbsp;assure companies such as Apple that they would not face prosecution for keeping the app available in their online stores.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1913575\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1913575\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump may reverse TikTok ban if ByteDance doesn&#8217;t sell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2381053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/donald-trump-press-conference.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7008,46996,6248,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2381052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ban","tag-ceo-meeting","tag-tiktok","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/donald-trump-press-conference.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2381052"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381057,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381052\/revisions\/2381057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2381053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2381052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2381052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2381052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}