Mr Trump, the Amerikkkan people yearn for their treats 
lmao Biden made sure one of the last events of his presidency was banning the most popular social media site in the country, leaving it to be unbanned by Trump days later.
Democrats really don’t want to win.
John Oliver: This is why we have to ban TrumpTok, I mean DrumpfDrok
Apparently in one of his recent videos, he argued we need to rethink the whole “anyone from anywhere being able to talk to anyone else” aspect of technology, on accounta scary-wary foreign disinformation
In his defense, many US normies have been very easily China-pilled in a matter of days. (And we love to see it!!!)
On the one hand, I agree with him, but only in the sense that I think AES countries need to shut down disinformation from the US and the West. Their whole argument about why they should be able to output propaganda to these countries has always been the right to freedom of speech, so it is hilarious watching one of their most sacred pillars of liberalism crumble before our very eyes.
was always about propagating the cultural hegemony
Libs sacrificing one more of their so-called liberal values one by one when they can’t control every aspect of how people exercise those values
Oh god, I’m embarrassed for him
trump should keep tiktok banned for a week to really set in the anti-democrat feeling in the zoomers/gen alpha and them unbanning it
Listen, Jack
Funny because Trump brought it up before Biden was in office. “Man praised for putting out fire after starting said fire.” Lucky for him it seems TikTok users have memories as short as their media.
Edit: wording
Trump didn’t start that fire. He said “maybe we should start a fire”, then didn’t. Democrats later decided to actually start a fire. Democrats poured the fuel and Biden lit the match.
That depends if you consider his executive order talk of starting a fire, or just starting a fire.
The Dems are such gigantic clowns they make Guaido look like a serious politician
Woah, woah, woah! That’s a bit too harsh, even for these genociders.
Absolutely hilarious play by TikTok and probably the most easily avoidable PR disaster for the Democrats in decades. I laughed so fucking hard when I saw this, I can only imagine the panicked phone calls that are happening right now.
God, I really have a hard time believing that the Democrats actually want to win elections.
CTH described them best when they called them “pratfall artists”
Mr. Trump, tear down this firewall.
At this point I believe the democrats are deliberately trying to boost Trump’s approval rating.
Why? So they justify their own right wing turn? They want to work across the aisle? Idk pick whatever reason you want.
I guess normalizing Trump does ward off any revolutionary potential in the population, so maybe it’s not so farfetched.
I take the opposite stance: Democrats are just this bad at politics.
I want to say American’s will forget quickly, but an app being banned by the government is unprecedented in the US so who knows
what do you call your act?
The Democrats!
fn lmaoooo
I’ve seen videos of American TikTokers crying and begging for Trump to save TikTok.
i saw one doing a bit as the
“please save me mr trump” guy, it was pretty funnyOh shit, did we get emojis of the Trump idolaters?
I can see how if I had any inkling that the democrats were “good guys”, this would upset me, but its honestly really funny seeing the most obvious own-goal in history happen over a really long period of time where any one of them could have noticed what was happening and course corrected.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-around-the-us-tiktok-ban/
The company said in the days before the law took effect that it planned to make the app inaccessible to US users—a level of cooperation and accommodation that the outgoing Biden White House called a “stunt” on Saturday afternoon. Even if TikTok itself had obligations under the law, the Biden White House had signaled that it did not plan to enforce the ban before Trump took office on Monday.
lmao
also, VPNs won’t wok either
How is it a stunt when the law Biden signed is literally
As of January 19, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act will make it unlawful for companies in the United States to provide services to distribute, maintain, or update the social media platform TikTok
like what did he think would happen on his last day in office when you’re banning a treat?
the law was enacted but not enforced yet, but they decided to enforce it upon themselves, before they legally had to. last week biden said he’d leave the fate of the enforcement in trump’s hands, in an attempt to save face i guess
stroking trump’s savior complex like this will probably double the chances of him actually following through tbh. smart move from tiktok
But “enforced” means what, international arrest warrants and sanctions against bytedance employees? Corporate fines? I honestly don’t know, but we generally don’t describe people following murder law as “enforcing a self-ban on killing people.”
yeah but the white house basically told them they don’t have to block it right away and they wouldn’t gaf or do anything. (though obviously complying immediately would help its chances of being saved later, so why the hell they wouldn’t they?)
we generally don’t describe people following murder law as “enforcing a self-ban on killing people.”
if murder law was enacted without any enforcement or penalty then that descriptor wouldn’t be too far off
No, read the press release.
The press release says follow the law, and TikTok is following the law by shutting down.
where does it say follow the law?
Given the sheer fact of timing, this Administration recognizes that actions to implement the law simply must fall to the next Administration, which takes office on Monday.
also this
So this is entirely symbolic?
Exactly. It is symbolic. It has no effect.
edit: tiktok’s already in the process of restoring service despite the law technically being in place lol
Biden White House had signaled
What, like a light in the sky? I love the implication that they should have broken this law because porky slightly hinted they wouldn’t get upset about it
the statement from a couple days ago:
“TikTok should remain available to Americans, but simply under American ownership or other ownership that addresses the national security concerns identified by Congress in developing this law,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a written statement.
“Given the sheer fact of timing, this Administration recognizes that actions to implement the law simply must fall to the next Administration, which takes office on Monday.”
another WH correspondent also said the ban would at first be “symbolic and have no effect”
Presinald Trunt winning the hearts and minds of Zoomers and Alphas in one fell swoop
THIS IS WORSE THAN SKIBIDI TOILET—some white lady filming herself in her car (seriously)
This is proof that Trump has been bought by China. Is this the president you want running your country, my fellow Americans?
I want Xi Jinping running this country WHEN WILL HE LIBERATE US FROM OUR OPPRESSORS?!?!
You don’t understand, Trump with his anti-China rhetoric makes him the most successful, the highest ranking, and the deepest undercover spy for the CPC.
As the saying used to be “only Nixon can go to China”, now in the 21st century: “only Trump can surrender America to China”. Both are Republican presidents, really makes you think huh.
As the Chinese like to say, Trump is a Chinese man.
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This is like thieve’s cant for leftists.
I’m honestly curious what will happen. if he ignores the supreme court hell could break loose. but it could also be really hilarious to see the ensuing chaos. just an average evening in burgerland.
while it could cause some chaos , its important to remember that Trump can legally ignore the supreme court since they passed that law that presidents cant be charge for breaking the law during their term, but besides maybe some protests by dems i dont see any large scale action against him happening if he undo the ban
ahahaha I completely forgot about that
Also, it’s not without precedent. Andrew Jackson famously ignored the Supreme Court when it helped him genocide more indigenous tribes
american government routinely ignore the laws
Watch trump choose to not enforce the ban and trigger a constitutional crisis for ignoring the sc
I assure you, I’m not salivating at the thought 😉
