“What bothers me is that without TikTok they will make Facebook grow, which for me He is an enemy of the peoplelike other media,” declared the only candidate in the race for the Republican Party nomination for the presidential elections on November 5, during an interview with the CNBC television network.
Is about a radical change position for the former president (2017-2021), who issued a decree in August 2020 to prohibit the use of TikTok in the United States, alleging that this platform popular among young people for sharing short videos was a threat to national security.
Appealed by the platform itself and content creators, two federal judges from different jurisdictions annulled the measure, in September and December 2020, decisions that were not challenged by the Trump government.
On the other hand, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated that Donald Trump assured him during a meeting in the United States that “he will not give a single cent” to Ukraine with the sole objective of ending the war.
Orban, the only European Union leader to maintain close ties with the Kremlin despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, met with the Republican candidate in Florida on Friday.
“He has a very clear vision, with which it is difficult to disagree. He says: first of all, he will not give a single cent for the war between Ukraine and Russia” if he returns to the White House, the nationalist leader said Sunday on the public channel M1.
“If the Americans do not give money, the Europeans will not be able to finance this war alone. And then the war will end” because “it is clear that Ukraine cannot achieve it with its own means,” he added.
The billionaire has “quite precise plans on how” to bring peace, according to Orban.
The House of Representatives
The fifty members of a commission of the House of Representatives (low) Congress voted on Thursday in favor of a bill that would force, if adopted, TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell its subsidiary, under penalty of having its activity banned in the United States.
The text should be put to a vote in the House this week, according to several US media.
“If they approve it, I will sign it,” Joe Biden declared on Friday, confirming that he is willing to enact this new law, supported by Democratic and Republican parliamentarians.
Lawmakers are concerned about links between TikTok and Chinese authorities, warning of the risk of a massive transmission of American user data to China.
On several occasions, the group assured that it had not had any demands from the Chinese government in this regard and indicated that, if necessary, it would refuse.
Donald Trump He was in favor of data protection, but said that other technology companies were willing to provide information on American users if Beijing asked them to, and mentioned Facebook.
Always seeking to accuse Trump in his statements and after this change of opinion, several American media outlets mentioned the ties of the former head of state with financier Jeff Yass, a major donor to Republican candidates and whose investment company, Susquehanna International Group , has a significant stake in the capital of TikTok.
According to The New York Post, Jeff Yass, who met with Trump in Florida a few days ago, would have threatened to no longer finance Republican candidates if the law on TikTok is approved.
Source: With information from AFP.
