President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court delaying legislation that could ban TikTok until after his inauguration. Trump attorney D. John Sauer wrote in an amicus brief that the future president wanted the opportunity to find a solution to the problem “through political means.”
The law requiring a ban or sale of TikTok is set to come into force January 19, 2025just a day before Trump’s inauguration. The letter calls the ban date “regrettably time-limited” and argues that the new president should have more time to work on a deal with TikTok. TikTok’s legal team raised similar concerns in its requests to postpone the ban. The letter also cites Trump’s “dealmaking” experience and his social media platform Truth Social.
“President Trump alone has the extensive negotiating expertise, electoral mandate and political will to negotiate a solution to save the platform while addressing the national security concerns raised by the administration – concerns that President Trump himself has acknowledged.” , writes Sauer.
Trump’s stance on a TikTok is very different from the one he took in his first term, when he sought a ban on the app in 2020. He also floated the idea that Microsoft could “work out a deal, a reasonable deal, so that the United States Treasury gets a lot of money,” without explaining exactly how such a deal would work.
President Trump changed his mind about banning TikTok in his second campaign. He told CNBC’s Squawk box in March that banning TikTok “would make Facebook bigger and I consider Facebook an enemy of the people, along with much of the media.”
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on the ban on January 10.
If you purchase something through a link in this article, we may receive a commission.
