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Fair trade. It's amazing it took us until Trump to make this a major agenda item.

azinman2 2y ago
And yet he’s not blocking TikTok. It’s quite astonishing given: A) they’re a Chinese owned company B) China asymmetrically has never allowed US social media (amongst practically all major internet properties) C) We cap ownership of foreign owners of US media. TikTok IS TV for the young generation. But apparently he thinks it helped him win (would love to know if that was actually true, which is probably impossible to calculate), so who cares about all these other principles!
- wkat4242 2y ago
  D) It was him who started the whole discussion of banning TikTok in the first place
- bee_rider 2y ago
  I thought he asked the court to pause the ban until he was in office. In the interest of trying to be neutral, perhaps he either: * Thinks he can help negotiate some sort of deal that keeps TikTok here fairly, or * Sees an opportunity to do a grift/accept some bribes from ByteDance/get some control over an effective propaganda engine.
  - iamacyborg 2y ago
    * wants the publicity from being the president to ban them
    - Xenoamorphous 2y ago
      Genuine question as someone not from the US, wouldn’t that make a significant part of a generation mad at Republicans? Some who might be close to voting age or might even be able to vote already.
      - bee_rider 2y ago
        Trump isn’t up for re-election, and he’s isn’t interested in the long term performance of the Republican Party (he only became a Republican because that’s the party whose primary he could win).
      - okasaki 2y ago
        Both parties are owned by the same oligarchs and security state. The owners don't care who you vote for, the system is a political World Wrestling Federation.
      - BeetleB 2y ago
        > Genuine question as someone not from the US, wouldn’t that make a significant part of a generation mad at Republicans? This would be a minor "infraction" compared to what he has already done. I don't see this moving the needle one bit.

And yet he’s not blocking TikTok. It’s quite astonishing given: A) they’re a Chinese owned company B) China asymmetrically has never allowed US social media (amongst practically all major internet properties) C) We cap ownership of foreign owners of US media. TikTok IS TV for the young generation. But apparently he thinks it helped him win (would love to know if that was actually true, which is probably impossible to calculate), so who cares about all these other principles!

wkat4242 2y ago
D) It was him who started the whole discussion of banning TikTok in the first place
bee_rider 2y ago
I thought he asked the court to pause the ban until he was in office. In the interest of trying to be neutral, perhaps he either: * Thinks he can help negotiate some sort of deal that keeps TikTok here fairly, or * Sees an opportunity to do a grift/accept some bribes from ByteDance/get some control over an effective propaganda engine.
- iamacyborg 2y ago
  * wants the publicity from being the president to ban them
  - Xenoamorphous 2y ago
    Genuine question as someone not from the US, wouldn’t that make a significant part of a generation mad at Republicans? Some who might be close to voting age or might even be able to vote already.
    - bee_rider 2y ago
      Trump isn’t up for re-election, and he’s isn’t interested in the long term performance of the Republican Party (he only became a Republican because that’s the party whose primary he could win).
    - okasaki 2y ago
      Both parties are owned by the same oligarchs and security state. The owners don't care who you vote for, the system is a political World Wrestling Federation.
    - BeetleB 2y ago
      > Genuine question as someone not from the US, wouldn’t that make a significant part of a generation mad at Republicans? This would be a minor "infraction" compared to what he has already done. I don't see this moving the needle one bit.