Former President Trump explained Monday why he's backed away from his effort to ban China-owned app TikTok as a bipartisan bill that could make the app unavailable in this country advances in the House.
In a new wide-ranging interview, Donald Trump has warned TikTok is still a national security threat but argued it would be difficult to ban because of its massive popularity, and described Facebook as an"enemy of the people".Former President Trump explained Monday why he's backed away from his effort to ban China-owned app TikTok as a bipartisan bill that could make the app unavailable in this country advances in the House.
"But the thing I don’t like is that without TikTok, you can make Facebook bigger and I consider Facebook to be an enemy of the people, along with a lot of the media," he responded. Facebook has been blocked in China since 2009. Last year, parent company Meta made a preliminary deal to sell its virual-reality headset there.
In a new wide-ranging interview, Donald Trump has warned TikTok is still a national security threat but argued it would be difficult to ban because of its massive popularity, and described Facebook as an"enemy of the people". Picture: NCA NewsWire
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