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re: How does this board feel about Trump going back on his TikTok ban

Posted on 1/16/25 at 6:51 pm to
Posted by Hodag
Northwoods
Member since Sep 2024
1083 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 6:51 pm to
I am more interested in why the uniparty went back on their Save TikTok stance.

We know why Trump changed his mind. It was a tool that helped him win the youth vote. And he is friends with some dude who owns ByteDance stock apparently.

When Trump floated banning TikTok back in 2020 he was called a dictator and trying to censor free speech. Now those same people are leading the charge to ban it.


If it was about the CCP we would also ban Temu, Alibaba, DJI, Volvo, and every other tool China uses to harvest the data of Americans.

If it was about protecting American's privacy then we would ban Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft.

Maybe Trump intends to use it as a negotiating tool.
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
13250 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 6:54 pm to
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I hope he saves TikTok. I like looking at woodworking stuff. And titties. I like them too


Do you like turning over your fingerprints and facial image to the Chinese government?
Posted by YMCA
It's Fun to Stay
Member since May 2011
5123 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 6:58 pm to
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we don't save TikTok, everyone will go to RedNote.


Some have already done so and they’ve learned really fast China’s stance on trans, gay and women
Posted by Zip it blondie
Member since Aug 2023
683 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 6:58 pm to
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He was one of first ones to push for it. I know it’s not a top priority but his reverse is because it helped him win.


Apparently you are new to this board or you would already know that Trump is perfect and amazing and everything he has ever done/said/thought is the most perfect and amazing thing ever.

He was amazing when he was for banning it, now he's amazing because he isn't for banning it,.
And if he changes his mind again he will also be amazing then, because Trump is the most amazing/perfect person on the planet.
If it seems like he is flip flopping it's just because he is playing 4D Chess and your simple mind can't grasp the brilliant Trump mind !
This post was edited on 1/16/25 at 7:00 pm
Posted by theronswanson
House built with my hands
Member since Feb 2012
3257 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 6:59 pm to
TikTok is Chinese spyware that gathers data on US citizens and poisons the minds of our children.

If Trump wants to get tough on China and protect our children he will let the ban stand until ByteDance no longer controls TikTok.
Posted by BCvol
Member since Jan 2022
502 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 7:00 pm to
Joe would gladly share this info if asked, probably already has.
Posted by RaoulDuke504
Member since Aug 2023
3410 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 7:02 pm to
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If we don't save TikTok, everyone will go to RedNote. It's already happening and that would be even worse


Us sending retarded libs to red note is a bigger problem for China than it is for us
Posted by BCvol
Member since Jan 2022
502 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 7:04 pm to
Perfect people don’t exist, if they did it would never occur to them to change their opinion based on changing data. It’s going to be a long four years for the smooth brains.
Posted by oklahogjr
Gold Membership
Member since Jan 2010
40237 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 7:08 pm to
Somehow magically trump will be right the whole time. Both for and against
Posted by RelicBatches86
Florida
Member since Nov 2024
1526 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 7:13 pm to
Trump in 2020.... when Tiktok was already the most popular app for the younger generations

LINK


“As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them from the United States,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One.“I have that authority...It’s going to be signed tomorrow." He said he could use an executive order or emergency economic powers.


President Trump issued an executive order that would ban the social media app TikTok and WeChat from operating in the US in 45 days if they are not sold by their Chinese-owned parent companies.


This and the Biden ban are the same thing. Either sell your company or get banned in the US.
This post was edited on 1/16/25 at 7:15 pm
Posted by goatmilker
Castle Anthrax
Member since Feb 2009
76452 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 7:13 pm to
Not much for now. I know China was asking for more time. Got 4 years to work something out.
Posted by LSUbacchus81
Hendersonville, TN
Member since Aug 2007
5891 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 7:15 pm to
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he got on TikTok and and learned/studied it and decided that the platform is not as bad as the liberals were telling everybody
.

Liberals love TikTok wtf are you talking about ?
Posted by WheyCheddar
Member since Aug 2024
1461 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 7:19 pm to
Oh, ok. Trump studied TikTok. Yeah, I’ll bet that genius did a real deep dive there.
Posted by beaux duke
Member since Oct 2023
4911 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 7:22 pm to
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It’s going to be signed tomorrow.

Posted by davyjones
NELA
Member since Feb 2019
36750 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 7:22 pm to
I really don’t even know what you’re trying to say or ask. Maybe you simply misunderstood what I was saying. Trump’s position is that as long as the app has any connection with China, under those circumstances he would be for “banning” the platform in this country. Obviously he can’t speak or act for any other country, only ours. Yes, there are clearly more specific terms laid out in his EO. I herewith link the Order for the sake of convenience:

Trump’s Executive Order
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
39853 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 7:47 pm to
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He didn’t understand tiktok and was going by what people were telling him about it. Once he aligned with Elon and other tech guys and they said that the government was full of shite - he got on TikTok and and learned/studied it and decided that the platform is not as bad as the liberals were telling everybody

China has thousands of apps. I can understand if it was removed along with the other thousands of apps then sure, but because they are targeting TikTok which spreads “misinformation” (truth) which is why democrats want it banned.
With all that water carrying and dick sucking, your back and mouth must truly be worn out.
Posted by RohanGonzales
Pronoun: Whatever
Member since Apr 2024
10646 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 8:10 pm to
don't give a shite
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
65353 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 8:46 pm to
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but because they are targeting TikTok which spreads “misinformation” (truth) which is why democrats want it banned.
It's not just that. Tik Tok is basically programmed to aggressive warp westerners' brains, and it's working like a charm.
Posted by fwtex
Member since Nov 2019
3401 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 9:17 pm to
It would be very interesting to get the backstory on TikTok. I don't know if there was a political issue that has had a complete 180 from both sides in such a short time period.

Trump was opposed to TT as late as 2020 and the Democrats were all for TT at that time. Then something changed at about the same time as the Trump campaign was getting ramped up and Democrats suddenly wanted to ban TT and Trump wanted it to stay.

What * think was happening is something similar to what was going on with all the social media platforms mid way through Biden terms. The liberal communist party was trying to muscle social media into be government controlled like they had with Twitter and the pushed social media to supporting Trump. The Democrats saw this and new how powerful that could make Trump and that is when they started the campaign to ban TT. At the same time, Trump saw it moving to his side and the new momentum he was able to obtain from TT through the younger voters.

So what changed is that corporate tech pushed back on the government desire to take over their businesses. Their eyes were opened for what was really happening with the DNC and globalist power brokers. They finally saw they were now then hunted and about to be trapped.
Posted by LatherZap
Member since Mar 2022
1371 posts
Posted on 1/16/25 at 9:23 pm to

Not familiar with. BUT...

Regarding going back on something, I AM concerned and hope he will
follow through on his pledge to pardon Ross Ulbricht. "he hired a hitman..." blah blah blah.. That was entrapment. If y'all think Ross should remain in prison, I can agree to disagree. But I can't respect dangling a pardon before an inmate and then backing out. THAT will trouble me.
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