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Comment by DrBenCarson | Hacker News Reader

This law was passed by Congress and upheld 9-0 by the Supreme Court

The TikTok legislation was included as part of a larger $95 billion package that provides foreign aid to Ukraine and Israel and was passed 79-18.

iykyk. Also this article from two days ago is hilarious, "congressional leaders who championed the law are now shying away from calling for the ban to begin Sunday" with Schumer, Jeffries and the White House all trying to pass the buck to someone else and try to avoid a ban:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/us-leaders-lawmake...

Reality is this was a game of chicken. American leaders wanted to force a sale not be left standing like a trophy hunter next to the corpse of one of the most beloved apps. Now the elephant is dead and there's no hunters to be found! We'll see what happens.

And Trump so far is only offering a 90 day extension to find a new US buyer. The ban was signed into law late April last year, but they've spent much of that time trying to fight it legally than actually find a buyer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_TikTok_in_the_...

And?

And the job of the executive branch is to enforce the laws passed by the legislative.

Meaning the current administration had literally zero to do with it.

Do you understand that the President doesn't pass laws, Congress does?

The American people by and large do not know how government operates, who has power and authority over what, etc. Blame and reward usually is attributed to the President who has high visibility.

Is this the 'deep state' Trump accused of?

could you explain this in more detail? really curious about it.

The current administration has very little to do with this

I'm sure those who have firm understanding on how things work will relentlessly correct those who want to score political points.

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