August 22, 2025
It looks like we’re getting a TikTok extension.
I know that sounds like one sentence to you but there’s actually a lot of information in there that you need to understand.
First and foremost – TikTok is scheduled to disappear in the United States in less than a month on September 17th. That’s when President Trump’s current extension of the enforcement of the TikTok ban expires. But as you just heard – he says he is preparing to extend that deadline even further.
But why? Well – this is where the actual news is. Trump said he has not talked to Chinese President Xi about TikTok at all. He said he’s waiting for the right time to bring it up. You know how that goes in your own life right? Say you want to bring something up that may be uncomfortable – so you need to wait for the right time to do it so it can be received the right way. Clearly that’s what’s happening with TikTok.
Of course the law that created the ban says that TikTok needs to be sold to a US company in order to allow it to stay alive in this country. But – because the parent company of TikTok is based in China and that parent company owns not only the platform but also the powerful TikTok algorithm – in order to sell it – president xi needs to give his blessing. And here’s the thing – Trump has bigger fish to fry. He is working on a massive trade deal with China – one of the biggest trading partners of the United States. And you know what would derail that massive trade deal? Following through with a ban on TikTok in the United States. You know how important trade deals are to the president. As I mentioned in this video a few weeks ago – when Trump delayed those massive 145% tariffs on China through November – that was a good sign for TikTok. And today is another one.
Plus – as I told you in this video – the White House just launched it’s own official TikTok account. Now – there are several legal complications with that. One of the big ones is – national security concerns. The whole point of the law that bans TikTok is – it’s a threat to the national security of the United States. Trump – thinks that’s bullshit.
Watch Trump here.
