I wonder how long congress is going to accept that they are irrelevant? Maybe forever? I did realize the job was so good all would sell their soul to keep it.
China says no. Courts rule trump can't extend the deadline over and over. The apps get pulled from the app stores and servers shut down cutting off functionality.
Flip side is the only player that wants to see that happen is Meta. Everyone else, including a US owner and Trump donor, wants something else to happen.
It's literally not within his power to extend this. The law provides him no avenue to continue to extend this. He has also not been calculating the fines that should be imposed if the deal falls through. He has no authority to do so. Start reporting this as such.
Would that not set a precedent which might someday "come home to roost" for the USA?
What if someday China, or another nation, does the same to the USA - for an American business which they then demand be put in THEIR ownership...as part of a "deal"?
A) He can't pile the scheduled TikTok shutdown on top of his 'great' tarrifs ... so he's buckling. 🤣
OR
B) He had Zuck (or someone) all set to buy TikTok, then the stock market response to his 'great' tarrifs tanked META's value so he can't leverage that to buy TikTok.🤣
I'm betting on the latter.😏
He’s saying China blinked on tariffs. They didn’t. He blinked on this. China won’t sell TikTok. And my bet is that they have a higher tolerance for pain in the tariff war. They can buy their soy beans elsewhere.
What a fucking pussy. He said 75 days and a deal didn’t happen fucking ban it. Jesus Christ he’s beyond incompetent. 2 failed cease fires, crumbling economy, on the verge of World War III, he went golfing instead of overseeing dead returning soldiers. But sure let’s worry about a social media app.
Presumably then China will have another 75 days to suck data from everyone. Or, that’s all nonsense and the only reason to do this is a shakedown/forced takeover. Hmmm…
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Flip side is the only player that wants to see that happen is Meta. Everyone else, including a US owner and Trump donor, wants something else to happen.
China is not giving away the algorithm for their propaganda cyberweapon to the US.
https://bsky.app/profile/apnews.com/post/3llyz2dmtt22u
What do you know.
What if someday China, or another nation, does the same to the USA - for an American business which they then demand be put in THEIR ownership...as part of a "deal"?
OR
B) He had Zuck (or someone) all set to buy TikTok, then the stock market response to his 'great' tarrifs tanked META's value so he can't leverage that to buy TikTok.🤣
I'm betting on the latter.😏
Assuming he leaves office in 2029. Or dies earlier than that.