Trump tells SCOTUS that only he can save TikTok from ban

TikTok, the popular viral video platform, is still slated to be banned in the U.S. next year. And with 2024 coming to an end, the January 19, 2025 ban date for TikTok is fast approaching.Just weeks before Christmas, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear an appeal filed by TikTok and its parent company ByteDance. The oral arguments in that case are set to begin Jan. 10.However, President-elect Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated on Jan. 20, just one day after the pending TikTok ban, is urging the Supreme Court to just grant a stay on the TikTok ban deadline date.Why? Because Trump humbly claims that only he can solve the issue and save TikTok from being banned.Trump to SCOTUS: Let me save TikTokIn his message to the Supreme Court, Trump asserts a myriad of reasons as to why he’s uniquely positioned to address the supposed national security concerns tied with TikTok being owned by a China-based company while simultaneously saving the platform from a ban.In the brief, Trump drops how many followers he has on TikTok (more than 14 million) and how the platform played a crucial role in his successful reelection campaign. The president-elect makes mention of Brazil’s recent ban on Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, to showcase a similar case of “historic danger” when a government bans a social media platform. In addition, Trump also cites his expertise as the founder of “another resoundingly successful social-media platform,” Truth Social, to show why…Trump tells SCOTUS that only he can save TikTok from ban