Trump asks Supreme Court to let him rescue TikTok from US ban

President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to allow him to negotiate a deal to save TikTok from an impending U.S. ban.

in Court summary “Once in office, President Trump will be looking for the ability to solve immediate problems politically,” Trump said, adding, “I will have impeccable transactional expertise, electoral power, and the political will to negotiate solutions.” I’m the only one who has it.” To save the platform. ”

The Supreme Court last week agreed to hear arguments that a bill passed by Congress to ban TikTok on national security grounds violates the First Amendment. The bill gives the president broad discretion to delay enforcement if progress is made toward an agreement that would prevent TikTok from being fully controlled by its Chinese parent company ByteDance.

However, the deadline for making that decision is January 19, the day before President Trump takes office.

In his petition to the Supreme Court, President Trump asked for an extension of the bill’s Jan. 19 deadline, saying the deal he would negotiate “represents here a historically difficult First Amendment This would eliminate the need for this court to decide the issue on the basis of an issue that is currently being advanced very quickly.” Basics. ”

He did not provide details on what the deal would look like, but it would likely involve ByteDance selling part of its ownership in TikTok to a U.S. company. .

With more than 14 million followers on TikTok and ownership of Truth Social, Trump said he “values ​​TikTok’s importance as a unique medium of free expression, including core political speech.” He claims to have unique abilities. He also cited Brazil’s temporary ban on Elon Musk’s “X” as an example of the “historic danger posed” by governments banning social media platforms.

However, there is still a lot of political pressure to force a ban on TikTok. A group of senators and congressmen, including Mitch McConnell and Ro Khanna; The petition was filed on Friday.joined by 22 US states and former FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, asked the Supreme Court to dismiss TikTok’s appeal.