President-elect Donald Trump has requested the Supreme Court to allow him to negotiate a deal to protect TikTok from an impending US ban.
in one amicus brief In the court filing, Trump says he wants “the ability to resolve issues through political means once he takes office,” and that he “alone has the dealmaking expertise, the electoral mandate, and the political will to negotiate a solution.” ” To save the platform.”
Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments The bill passed by Congress to ban TikTok on national security grounds violates the First Amendment. While Trump banned TikTok during his first term, he has changed his tune after his campaign successfully used the platform during the 2024 election. He recently Meet Shaw Chew, CEO of TikTok at Mar-a-Lago and told a crowd that “Maybe we'll have to keep this sucker to ourselves for a while.”
The bill that would ban TikTok in January gives the president wide latitude to delay implementation if progress is made toward a deal that would ensure TikTok is banned from its Chinese origins. The company will not be completely controlled by ByteDance. But the deadline for that determination is Jan. 19, the day before Trump takes office.
In his Supreme Court filing, Trump asked for a stay of the January 19 deadline, arguing that the deal he would negotiate would “take on the historically challenging First Amendment question presented here on a current, highly expedited basis.” Will obviate the need for this Court to take a decision.”