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TikTok: from national security threat to SAVE TIKTOK

Changed position

THEN

“The spread in the United States of mobile applications developed and owned by companies in the People's Republic of China continues to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.”

· Federal Register · Source

NOW

“SAVE TIKTOK”

· Wikipedia · Source

Trump's 2020 executive order described TikTok as a threat to national security and sought to ban it. In 2024 he campaigned on saving TikTok, and in January 2025 he signed an order delaying enforcement of the divest-or-ban law. Context changed (ByteDance divestiture negotiations, campaign dynamics), but the stated position reversed.

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