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[The ... The brief asked] the court to extend the deadline that would cause TikTok’s imminent shutdown and allow President Trump the opportunity to resolve the issue in a way that saves TikTok and preserves American national security once he resumes office as president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2025,
Cheung said
Allowing TikTok to operate in the United States without severing its ties to the Chinese Communist Party exposes Americans to the undeniable risks of having their data accessed and exploited by the Chinese Communist Party,
Miyares said in a statementAs the incoming Chief Executive, President Trump has a particularly powerful interest in and responsibility for those national-security and foreign-policy questions, and he is the right constitutional actor to resolve the dispute through political means,
Trump's brief saidThey brought me a chart, and it was a record, and it was so beautiful to see, and as I looked at it, I said, 'Maybe we gotta keep this sucker around for a little while,
Trump said after claiming his TikTok videos receive "billions of views."
We'll take a look at TikTok. I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok. TikTok had an impact, so we're taking a look at it."
Just hours before, Trump signalled his willingness to block the TikTok ban, saying at a press conference
We did go on TikTok and we had a great response with billions of views,
Trump said at an event in Phoenix, Arizona, praising the app's role in boosting his popularity among young American votersI am gonna save TikTok,
Trump promised in a June post that got more than 8 million likesPresident Trump takes no position on the underlying merits of this dispute. Instead, he respectfully requests that the Court consider staying the Act’s deadline for divestment of January 19, 2025, while it considers the merits of this case,
said Trump’s amicus brief, which supported neither party in the case and was written by D. John Sauer, Trump’s choice for solicitor general
In light of the novelty and difficulty of this case, the court should consider staying the statutory deadline to grant more breathing space to address these issues,
Trump's legal team wrote, to give him "the opportunity to pursue a political resolution."
Now (that) I'm thinking about it, I'm for TikTok, because you need competition."
Recently, Trump told Bloomberg heSuch a ban is unprecedented in our country and, if it goes into effect, will cause a far-reaching disruption in Americans' ability to engage with the content and audiences of their choice online,
the rights groups' filing read, in part
History and precedent teach that, even when national security is at stake, speech bans must be Congress's last resort,
the company argued
We believe the Court will find the TikTok ban unconstitutional so the over 170 million Americans on our platform can continue to exercise their free speech rights,
a TikTok spokesperson said
Allowing Gen Z to develop their sense of American society from an algorithm dictated by the Politburo in Beijing is a really bad idea,
Auchincloss said
I hope that that's not a pattern, but we've got to be concerned, ... TikTok has violated every pledge it has made to protect the data of Americans, and we know that it's been engaged in illegal conduct, especially with minors' information."
Chang told Newsmax's "Saturday Report."This is also just a question of reciprocity, even if it was not involved in bad conduct,
Chang saidFOR ALL OF THOSE THAT WANT TO SAVE TIK TOK IN AMERICA, VOTE TRUMP!”
During his presidential campaign, he posted on Truth Social
With Donald Trump, it's always some combination of two things ... It's one, flattery and inflating his ego,
Auchincloss told CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" on FridayIf [Trump] tried to issue an executive order undermining the law, Congress would override that,
he continuedI was at the point where I could have gotten it done if I wanted to,
he told MSNBC’s Squawk Box on March 11.