Months ago, President-elect Donald Trump vaguely suggested that those who “like TikTok” should vote for him, raising the hopes for users of the video-sharing app that he might thwart a ban that is soon to take effect.
“We’re not doing anything with TikTok, but the other side is going to close it up, so if you like TikTok, go out and vote for Trump,” Trump said in a September post on his Truth Social service.
He didn’t make any specific promises to reverse the impending ban, but his team says he will “deliver.”
“The American people re-elected President Trump by a resounding margin, giving him a mandate to implement the promises he made on the campaign trail,” Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance’s transition team, said in a statement.
Working to reverse a ban, which should take effect in January, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden, would be a 180-degree reversal from 2020, when Trump tried to block the app in the U.S. or force its sale.
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