[bee_rider]

I thought he asked the court to pause the ban until he was in office. In the interest of trying to be neutral, perhaps he either:

* Thinks he can help negotiate some sort of deal that keeps TikTok here fairly, or

* Sees an opportunity to do a grift/accept some bribes from ByteDance/get some control over an effective propaganda engine.

[iamacyborg]

* wants the publicity from being the president to ban them

[Xenoamorphous]

Genuine question as someone not from the US, wouldn’t that make a significant part of a generation mad at Republicans? Some who might be close to voting age or might even be able to vote already.

[BeetleB]

> Genuine question as someone not from the US, wouldn’t that make a significant part of a generation mad at Republicans?

This would be a minor "infraction" compared to what he has already done. I don't see this moving the needle one bit.

[bee_rider]

Trump isn’t up for re-election, and he’s isn’t interested in the long term performance of the Republican Party (he only became a Republican because that’s the party whose primary he could win).

[okasaki]

Both parties are owned by the same oligarchs and security state. The owners don't care who you vote for, the system is a political World Wrestling Federation.