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Citing an article in The Washington Post, 24 Channel reported that lifting the TikTok ban in the US was one of Trump’s campaign promises and he will apparently keep his promise. Under bipartisan legislation passed in April, the short-form video-sharing app must find a new owner outside China or lose access to U.S. users.

[Трамп] He appreciates the breadth and reach of TikTok, which he skillfully uses alongside podcasts and new media to win,
– said Kellyanne Conway, the chair of Trump’s first campaign, who worked in the White House during his first term and remains close to him.

Conway is now coming to the defense of TikTok, even though it is a Chinese app, and it is Trump who began imposing serious sanctions on the country at the end of his first term in office. After some truce in the trade war between the countries, he announced in May 2019 that he planned to raise tariffs on nearly half of all goods from China from 10% to 25% and imposed restrictions on Huawei by the end of his term. nearly led to the bankruptcy of the equipment manufacturer. Finally, it was Trump who said that he planned to ban TikTok in the USA in 2020. He opposed the idea of ​​selling the American branch of the service to one of the local companies (e.g. Microsoft) and would instead revoke his license to operate in the country altogether. But he did not have time to do this, as he lost the election before the investigation into ByteDance, which owns TikTok, was completed.

Now for some reason Trump and his friends have changed their minds. “There are many ways to hold China accountable beyond alienating 180 million American users from the app,” Kellyanne Conway said. He says Trump “acknowledges that Democrats are the party that bans gas cars, menthol cigarettes, e-cigarettes, plastic straws, and TikTok,” so he will change that to avoid encroaching on “personal choice territory.” .”

The president-elect has not yet announced a decision on whether and how he will lift the ban, but some advisers are allegedly waiting for him to intervene, WP said, citing sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.