The Message Box - Why Trump Flip-flopped on Tik Tok
Why Trump Flip-flopped on Tik TokTrump is looking for money and a way to drive a wedge with younger votersYesterday, the infamously dysfunctional Republican House Majority passed a bill. Not only did they earn the taxpayer-funded salary, they actually did it in a bipartisan fashion. According to Politico:
This level of bipartisan cooperation is rare these days, especially with a bill passing on a topic as culturally relevant as the world’s fastest growing social media site. I will leave the national security rationale (Pod Save the World), the legal issues (Strict Scrutiny), and the implications on the tech world (Offline) to others. Instead, I will focus on the politics of banning TikTok. President Biden would sign the legislation. After trying to ban TikTok as President, Trump has flip-flopped and now opposes forcing TikTok’s Chinese parent company to sell the app. TikTok will be a prime battleground for the 2024 information war. Right Wing TikTok influencers use the platform to push unflattering and disingenuous memes about President Biden’s age and mental fitness. The Biden campaign worked with TikTok influencers to push the President’s message and recently joined the app with Biden appearing in multiple TikToks responding to Trump’s gaffes du jour. The politics of banning TikTok are, um, complicated — to say the least. And Trump is clearly trying to use the issue to drive a wedge in Biden’s coalition. Here’s how — and why: Will TikTok Be Banned?The answer is almost certainly no — for the foreseeable future at least. The bill that just passed the House does not ban TikTok. It is using the threat of the ban to force ByteDance to sell TikTok to an entity that is not controlled by the Chinese government. The financial upside is that ByteDance would rather sell than face a complete ban in the United States... Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of Dan Pfeiffer.A subscription gets you:
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