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Trump expected to try to stop looming TikTok ban


President-elect Donald Trump will try to prevent TikTok from getting banned in the United States, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

Former Trump adviser and campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told the Post that the president-elect “appreciates the breadth and reach of TikTok,” and that “there are many ways to hold China to account outside alienating 180 million U.S. users each month.” The Post also cited three anonymous Trump aides who believe that the president-elect will intervene on TikTok’s behalf to halt the ban. Under a bipartisan bill signed by President Biden, TikTok parent ByteDance has until January 19th, a day before Trump’s inauguration, to sell the app.

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