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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 negotiat
by 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 agoGenuine 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 agoTrump 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 agoBoth 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.