> Trump has already signaled he wants to save Tiktok

Trump can blame Biden and move on.

> If that goes away, what does that do to the financial viability of the platform?

Bytedance makes most of its money from Douyin.

He has a major donor that owns part of TikTok. He'll save it for corrupt reasons, ignore the real concerns about it, then move on.

> He has a major donor that owns part of TikTok

He has a major donor who owns part of Bytedance. They’re not losing their investment with this ban.

1. Then why is that investor so aggressively against the forced divestment? (not a ban)

2. Bytedance will certainly lose value if its main product loses one of its main markets.

NickC25 6 months ago | parent | prev [-]

He also has a major donor who owns Meta, and a major donor who owns Twitter/X.

He also has a daughter who is the only American to hold patents in China without having to license IP to a Chinese company.

We are about to see some strange mental gymnastics out of 1600 Penn.

	▲	wqaatwt 6 months ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I don’t think Zuckerberg is a major donor. He gave some pocket change to Trump’s inauguration but was there anything more? He kind of sat out this election cycle (despite being a major Democrat donor previously) because I guess he saw where the wind is blowing…
	▲	throwawayq3423 6 months ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Anyone with significant financial interests in China should not be able to represent the US in confronting China. And yet..