It is planned that the law that has the potential to prohibit the application will go into effect the day before the inauguration of the President-elect.
The Supreme Court has been petitioned by President-elect Donald Trump to postpone enforcement of the rule that might prohibit the use of TikTok until after he has been inaugurated. In an amicus brief, Trump's attorney D. John Sauer stated that the future president desires the opportunity to find a solution to the problem "through political means." Sauer writes that Trump wants this opportunity.On January 19, 2025, the law that requires a ban or sale of TikTok is scheduled to go into effect. This is just one day before Trump is scheduled to be inaugurated as president. The timing of the prohibition is described as "unfortunately timed" in the brief, and it is argued that the next president ought to have more time to begin working on a settlement with TikTok. In its pleas for a delay in the ban, the legal team for TikTok stated a fear that was comparable to this one. The document also makes reference to Trump's experience in "dealmaking" and his social media network, which is called Truth Social.
'President Trump alone possesses the consummate dealmaking expertise, the electoral mandate, and the political will to negotiate a resolution to save the platform while addressing the national security concerns expressed by the Government, concerns that President Trump himself has acknowledged,' writes Sauer. "President Trump is the only person who possesses all of these things."
The position that President Trump has taken about TikTok is very different from the one that he adopted during his first term, when he attempted to ban the app in the year 2020. Additionally, he said that Microsoft could "work out a deal, an appropriate deal, so the Treasury of the United States gets a lot of money," but he did not elaborate on the specifics of how such a deal would be implemented.
During the course of his second campaign, President Trump changed his mind about whether or not to ban TikTok. As he stated in an interview with CNBC's Squawk Box in March, if TikTok were to be banned, it would "make Facebook bigger," and he believes that Facebook is an enemy of the people, along with a significant portion of the media.
The arguments about the ban are expected to be heard by the Supreme Court on Saturday, January 10.
