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Of course it did. This is why so many want it out of the US. It's a propaganda vehicle for the CCP. Our citizens have an IV drip of bullshit feeding them 24x7.

This is why Trump wants to save it. Back in his first term he tried to destroy it[0]. Flash forward to now, he openly acknowledges that it helped him win[1]. He doesn't want to lose that influence if it gets dismantled, so of course he's now talking about introducing a sovereign wealth fund and use it to buy tik tok[2].

- [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/us/politics/trump-tik-tok...

- [1] https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5042241-president-elec...

- [2] https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-pr...

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And obviously China preferred Trump in office (of course they wouldn't admit it, because whoever China backs helps the other party). The more batty the US is in international relations the more our soft power declines and China's soft power rises. Destruction of USAID was a huge win for China. If Trump effectively controls both Tik Tok and Twitter, huge numbers of people under 30 will only know what Trump wants them to know.

Which is why Trump added tariffs on China. To… to blur his tracks. The best action is to do the opposite of what you want to do, so people don’t know what you’re doing.

This, or China supports the Dems, and everything else becomes logical. But let’s start the narrative that Trump supports China by banning their apps and products.

Hahaha. "banning". Only Trump could save a company from being banned, try to buy it with US tax dollars, and have his stooges claim he's against the company.

In the eyes of China, Trump's piddly little tariffs are a small price to pay for the damage he'll inflict on the US over the next 4 years.

Foreign adversaries don't care about political party. They want chaos, internal division, and institutional destruction, and for the moment, that means Trump. If there was a viable candidate from BlueTeam who promised to sow chaos and dismantle the government, you can bet they'd support them just as happily.

Do they want tariffs to be placed on them?

Putting myself in the shoes of an opposing country, a few minor tariffs is a small price to pay if my opponent is willingly tearing its own institutions and governing structures down.

I suppose we can all speculate, but the thesis is unfalsifiable with arguments like that.

This comment is just adding storytelling around facts, but doesn’t contain facts. I could build the opposite storytelling with the same facts.

Considering Trump originally wanted to ban TikTok his previous term... Yeah...

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