So Trump used the Tiktok "ban" to make himself look good?

Worse than that. He kept a whole subset of the population distracted by the tiktok drama while he signed a flurry of executive orders his first day in office.

Here's the list of what was sig.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/tump-executive-orders-list

They brokered a deal to censor Americans. If you type in the phrase rigged election you will not see anything. If you type fuck Joe Biden you'll see plenty of videos.

You'll get warnings on verifying accuracy for the LA wildfires, the election, or trans rights.

edit I don’t want to spread misinformation so taking away detail but still proceeding with suspicion

It seems it’s so much worse than that. I can’t confirm (I am Canadian) but some suspicious things seem to be happening.

I have deleted the app and meta apps from my phone but if this is all true it’s very very concerning.

It’s TrumpTok now. Did you all see who was in the good seats at the inauguration today?

This is known as a protection racket.

He villianized TikTok and said it needed to be banned.

When it was banned he said it needed to be saved.

He created a conflict that only he could resolve, as long as everyone could agree that he was the savior.

The mob does this to extort money. If you pay us, we won't break your knees. Trump does this for influence... If you bend the knee, I won't break it.

Everything Trump does is transactional. Don't underestimate China, ByteDance, TikTok, or even Shou's ability to stroke his fragile ego. That little popup everyone got when they logged back in likely was good enough to get him to equivocate on the ban.

I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you.

Leopards are feasting on faces today.

Yup pretty much. Most people caught on it. All the big CEO's were sitting right behind him too. Social media is doomed

I don't know all the details but the tik tok ceo did give credit to President Trump for saving it