On the eve of his inauguration, President-elect Trump is facing an enormous challenge to his popularity, his executive power and his word. He has vowed to save TikTok - but failed to explain how he can do so without violating U.S. law.
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the law passed by Congress last year that forces Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest from TikTok by Jan. 19, or else face a ban in the U.S.
President Biden, who signed the TikTok bill into law, will not enforce the ban - saying in a statement Friday that 'actions to implement the law simply must fall' to the Trump administration, given the timing.
It was his administration that spearheaded the initial push to ban TikTok via executive order in 2020, citing the national security threat posed by Beijing's potential influence over the app and its user data.
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