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He's making tens of millions of Americans (especially including those who may not have otherwise been political) quite fond of him, bringing back a platform that has definitely been a net positive for him overall, undoing one of his predecessors 'achievements', and so on.

He came out against a ban on TikTok long ago (after initially being in support) and made it clear he'd work to reverse it the second the ban bill started gaining momentum.

Did he not start this entire process during his own presidency? It’s spectacle for the masses and real tv scripts being played out in the White House.

So he can make a call and cancel a border security bill, but can't make the same call to cancel the TikTok portion of the spending bill before it passed?

That could simply be a side benefit and not worth Trump making a "deal" to rescue TikTok from an existential threat. Icing on the cake.

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> Is it possible that TikTok solved their problem by purchasing $6 billion worth of Trump’s meme coin?

Yep