Trump has promised to ‘save TikTok’. What happens next is less clear


When reached for comment, the Trump transition team did not offer details on how Trump plans to carry out his pledge to ‘save TikTok’, as he said on a Truth Social post in September. — AP

After a tumultuous year filled with anxiety and a legal battle about its future in the US, TikTok may have just been thrown a lifeline by the man who was once its biggest foe: Donald Trump.

President-elect Trump, who tried to ban the social media platform the last time he was in the White House, has repeatedly pledged during his most recent campaign to oppose a ban on the short-form video app, which could happen as soon as mid-January if the company loses a court case that’s currently underway in Washington.

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