TikTok Staves Off Ban After Trump Gives Nod to Partnership Deal

TikTok Staves Off Ban After Trump Gives Nod to Partnership Deal
The TikTok app is displayed in the App Store on an Apple iPhone in Washington on Aug. 7, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Eva Fu
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President Donald Trump approved a partnership deal in principle that would allow TikTok to operate in the United States, even though it appeared to conflict with his initial order for China’s ByteDance to divest the video app.

“I have given the deal my blessing,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Sept. 20 before departing for a campaign rally in North Carolina. “I approved the deal in concept.”

Eva Fu
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Eva Fu is an award-winning, New York-based journalist for The Epoch Times focusing on U.S. politics, U.S.-China relations, religious freedom, and human rights. Contact Eva at [email protected]
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