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This doesn't sound all too dissimilar to what happened to Tik Tok.

2020-06-21: A Trump rally in Tulsa is reportedly trolled by people on Tik Tok.

2020-08-06: Executive order issued banning Tik Tok in November unless it can be sold to American stakeholders.

2020-09-14: Oracle is reportedly in the lead to acquire Tik Tok.

2020-11-12: Department of Commerce puts stay on the executive order.

There's a lot of talk about national security issues and whatnot, but the timing between Trump losing face and Tik Tok almost being acquired by American interests is just too convenient to ignore.

The stability of contract law is essential to a well functioning market and the actions of this administration are just plain gross.




TikTok is a foreign company and the president has unrestricted power in foreign affairs.

I am happy to agree with you that the president should have also restricted power abroad in let's say something like an overarching trade agreement that puts checks and balances on individual states.




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