Trump's TikTok reversal suggests his China policy is for sale
Trump does everything for cash.
As he runs to retake the presidency while owing hundreds of millions of dollars in legal penalties, Trump is selling such products as sneakers — as well as, critics increasingly fear, his positions on important national security issues. His sudden reversal on restricting TikTok after mending ties with a top GOP donor and TikTok investor suggests there is no foreign policy issue on which Trump can’t be moved by a high bidder.
On March 5, the leaders of the House select committee on the Chinese Communist Party introduced legislation meant to force TikTok to emancipate itself from its Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance. TikTok called the legislation an “outright ban” that would “trample the First Amendment rights” of millions of Americans, but the bill is not designed to shutter or censor the app. ByteDance would be compelled to sell all but 20 percent of its TikTok stake to a U.S. company or see it removed from app stores. President Biden pledged he would sign the bill.
Let me know if this shows up as a gift link (I've never tried it before)
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