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My unpopular opinion on this:

- Trump schemes to get TikTok blocked in the US

- He waits till he is in charge

- Presents himself as White Knight (or rather Orange Knight?)

- Gets TikTok unbanned

- Popularity with the younger generation rises

- ...profit?



Trump will of course be happy to be perceived as the hero that unblocked TikTok (after having requested ByteDance to block it today), but I'm sure "profit" comes first. He isn't doing this to be nice to China, or nice to the US's TikTok-addicted youth ... he's doing this because it puts money into the pocket of Donald Trump .. precisely in what way(s) remains to be discovered.




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