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JumpCrisscross 10 hours ago

> 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.

throwawayq3423 10 hours ago | parent [-]

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.

JumpCrisscross 10 hours ago | parent [-]

> 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.

throwawayq3423 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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 9 hours 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.

throwawayq3423 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Anyone with significant financial interests in China should not be able to represent the US in confronting China.

And yet..