President Donald Trump said he could not save Tiktok after all, after calling the social media site “without value” his first day in the White House.
Trump had already promised to save Tiktok from the national prohibition implemented through the Supreme Court, which introduced the concern that the Chinese owner of the Bytedance site can use US knowledge to compromise national security.
Newsweek reached out to the White House for more data on Trump to Tiktok via email.
In the lead-up to Trump’s return to the Oval Office, he repeatedly said that he would “save” TikTok from the ban, which was originally conceived of during his first administration. The change in tone on Monday represents a harsher approach to the social media site, which had previously praised Trump for starting the “process of restoring service.”
Tiktok’s prohibition entered into force on January 19, after the corporate convinced the Supreme Court that the restrictions would constitute a violation of the Constitution.
The next day, Trump swore as the next president, Joe Biden, leaving the resolution to enforce Trump’s ban.
Previously, Trump had shown the functionality of his campaign in Tiktok, sharing a graph of his commitment at the election site that revealed that he won 36 billion perspectives on the site in 2024. Trump added the title: “Why would you need Tiktok undo? “
In January, Karoline Leavitt, the White House Secretary, told Newsweek: “President Trump expressed his preference to save Tiktok, and there is no greater task than Donald Trump. “
Trump on Tiktok: I can’t or he can do the trick. Tiktok has no value. Worthless, if I don’t approve of it. I think the United States gets some of Tiktok. . . I think we would have a joint venture pic. twitter. com/1g7mitdr2d
But Trump’s newest comments seem less excited to prevent prohibition, the new one in the president describing the “useless. “
When asked via Newshounds about the ban, Trump said, “I can’t or possibly not do the trick. Tiktok has no value, no value, if I don’t approve of it. I learned it from the owners.
“I think the U. S. is not going to be able to do so. U. S. Understand part of tiktokarray . . . I think we would have a joint venture. The United States has the right to get part of tiktok. But if the president does not sign, it is not value. We won’t see what happens. “
The Republican President of the Chamber, Mike Johnson, told NBC on Sunday: “When President Trump published the [social] position and said:” Except Tiktok “, the way we read, is that he will verify to force a disinversion genuine, convert hands, control assets . . It is the platform that considers the members of Congress.
“This is the Chinese Communist Party and its algorithms manipulation: they flooded the minds of the young Americans with horrible messages glorifying violence and anti -Semitism and even suicide and food disorders. “
Trump will make a decision on the TikTok ban in the coming days, but the ban will remain law until then. However, TikTok is still accessible in several parts of the U.S.
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Theo Burman is a live news journalist from Newsweek founded in London in the United Kingdom, focuses on American politics and foreign news, as well as have an effect on virtual culture on elections. In large part it covered electoral and cultural disorders in the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as high -level legal issues such as Andrew Tate and Donald Trump’s judgments. Theo joined Newsweek in 2024 and has already written for Dexerto, Pinknews and News UK. He graduated from the University of Durham and News Associates. You can contact Theo by sending an email to t. burman@newsweek. com. Languages: English.