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Trump files request to delay implementation of new law set to ban TikTok

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The incoming President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has filed a request before the Supreme Court to delay the implementation of a new law set to ban TikTok owned by ByteDance.

Trump‘s attorney, John Sauer, said in a brief filed on Friday, December 27, that the former president is requesting that the Court halt the ban so that he can attempt to find a “political resolution.”

“The electoral mandate and the political will to negotiate a resolution to save the platform while addressing the national security concerns” is what Trump highlighted in the filing as evidence of his ability to negotiate.

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The latest move comes days after Trump disclosed that he would like to keep ByteDance’s social media app, TikTok, for ‘a little while’.

Trump said that he has a soft spot for the app because his presidential campaign got a great response on the app with billions of views.

“We’re going to have to start thinking because, you know, we did go on TikTok, and we had a great response with billions of views, billions and billions of views,” Trump told supporters at an event in the city of Phoenix, Arizona.

“They brought me a chart, and it was a record, and it was so beautiful to see, and as I looked at it, I said, ‘Maybe we gotta keep this sucker around for a little while.

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