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They don't want TikTok to withdraw from the US market. They want them to sell.
It would be hilarious if Tiktok just voluntarily shut down anyway on schedule.
Ive seen reports that they will.
They say they will
They more or less have. I don't think they plan to resume services until they are given some sort of guarantee. If they are left in limbo for 90 days they will likely just be down for the entire time until they are told this law is repealed or something.
In the meantime all those western investors can eat shit.
Take their algorithm and go home with it.
Republicans are ending the wars across the world. Giving people back their entertainment. And (allegedly) going to lower the prices on consumer goods (it won't happen, obviously). What have the fucking democrats done for the working class outside of giving them the finger? Such a historical L on their part.
I agree that both parties have heavily failed us.
They have, sure, but like you expect the bare minimum from dems and not only did they not deliver, they were self-righteous pricks about it and scolded the working class instead. That's what pisses me off the most and Biden did fucking nothing during his time in office expect pour more gasoline on the fires globally.
This 90 days will become indefinite. It's probably not a coincidence that the ban was set to go in effect the day before Trump begins his term.
Cause liberals thought it would be a bad look for Trump to undo the ban?
Uh yeah, duh. Their internal polling of 50-75 year old career politicians shows that TikTok is incredibly unpopular.
Either that, or they wanted him to be stuck with the policy that would likely be quite unpopular.
There's no way he can wriggle his way out of this jam!
He gives Tiktok a 90 day extension, and Tiktok even mentions him on the app, clearly giving him credit for the act "Ah, well nevertheless..."
Trump's approval 
Gotta create enough confusion among the young that they won't immediately resist.
I was thinking this would be an easy PR win for Trump to unban it, but now I'm not as sure. He probably has too many oligarchs in his ear that are dying to own a piece of tiktok or its market share that they would encourage him to ban it (assuming tiktok would not let themselves be owned by an American company).