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President Trump is expected to talk with Chinese officials this week about a possible TikTok deal. Here's what we know.
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The Constitution requires the president to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.”
In letters made public via the Freedom of Information Act, Attorney General Pam Bondi argued the president has the authority to nullify laws as he sees fit.
It’s been about five months since a law requiring TikTok to be banned in the United States unless it was sold off by its China-based parent company, ByteDance, technically went into effect.
Under a US law, TikTok must be sold or banned in the US by September 17. Trump appears to have been stuck in a tough spot all year, because the final terms of the deal may not allow current owner ByteDance to own more than 20 percent of the platform or maintain any control over TikTok's algorithm or data-sharing practices.
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According to President Donald Trump, the U.S. finally found a buyer for TikTok. While discussing global trade deals on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures ,” Trump pivoted the conversation to TikTok, boasting that he has finally found a buyer who could keep the video-sharing app from being banned in the United States.
Trump said the potential TikTok buyer was a group of "very wealthy people" that he would reveal in "about two weeks."
After months of speculation and multiple bids from would-be American buyers, TikTok may finally be getting a new owner.
Trump announced a buyer for TikTok's US arm but withheld details for two weeks. He suggested extending the app's ban deadline, highlighting national security issues due to its Chinese ownership, while tensions between the US and China impact the sale process.
Nevertheless, the company’s ban was upheld by the Supreme Court earlier this year, and ever since arriving in office days after the law was signed into law, Trump has delayed enforcement through executive order,
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