The ACLU dislikes any restriction based on national security. I imagine they’d make the same arguments regardless of which party removed TikTok. But the broade

The ACLU dislikes any restriction based on national security. I imagine they’d make the same arguments regardless of which party removed TikTok. But the broader public, reporters, and experts absolutely base their decisions on how trustworthy they find rationales. National security arguments often boil down to “we are correct but can’t tell you why, trust us.” Mixing trade wars into that certainly helps skepticism.