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TikTok CEO Shou Chew expected to accept invitation from president-elect donald trump to attend his inauguration.
Chew will be seated front and center on the dais with other VIP guests and fellow tech executives Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Elon Muskaccording to a report by The New York Times.
The January 20 opening will come a day after TikTok plans to close its US operations.
Trump is now considering an executive order to suspend enforcement of the law requiring TikTok to divest from Chinese-owned ByteDance or face a ban in the US for 60 to 90 days, according to the Washington Post, to win. time to negotiate a sale or something. another solution.
Trump’s defense of TikTok marks a shift from his position in 2020, when he attempted to block the video-sharing app in the US and force its sale to an American company.
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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 23, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
“I have a warm place in my heart for TikTok,” Trump said last month. The incoming president has more than 14 million followers on the app. He met with company executives at Mar-a-Lago last month.
In a broad and bipartisan way, Congress last year passed a law implementing the ban-or-sell policy, arguing that the CCP uses the app to spy on Americans and spread propaganda, and ByteDance has long said TikTok is not for sale.
Reports have emerged of American billionaires such as Musk and Kevin O’Leary lining up to bid for TikTok’s US operations.
Then-former President Donald Trump leads a spring retreat for Republican National Committee donors in Palm Beach, Florida, on May 4, 2024. (Donald Trump 2024 Campaign)
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Last week, the Supreme Court considered a challenge to the law that will go into effect on January 19. He has not yet issued a decision, but is expected to allow the law to move forward. If the court upholds the law, as a lower court did last month, TikTok’s days in the United States would be numbered.
Trump could also pressure Congress to repeal the law, or order its Justice Department not to enforce it. His nominee for attorney general, Pam Bondi, declined to say whether she would enforce the ban during a confirmation hearing this week.
People take their places as a rehearsal begins on the west front of the US Capitol ahead of the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, Sunday, January 12, 2025 in Washington, DC (AP Photo)
Trump took American foreign policy observers by surprise last month when he invited the Chinese president. Xi Jinping to his inauguration, although Xi is not expected to attend.
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Despite chronic hacking by the Chinese, Trump appears to be taking a diplomatic tone toward Xi and his government, keeping them on guard about Trump’s long-standing promise to institute tariffs of up to 60% on their exports to the United States.
“We have a good relationship with China. I have a good relationship,” Trump told CNBC last month. “We have been talking and discussing some things with President Xi.”
