US President-elect Donald Trump appeals to Supreme Court over TikTok ban, seeks pause for negotiated resolution
Live MintPresident-elect Donald Trump has entered the contentious legal battle over TikTok’s future in the United States, urging the Supreme Court to pause a law to ban the social media platform if its Chinese parent company does not sell it, Bloomberg reported. Negotiated Resolution Trump argued to the justices, “Only he 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.” He did not specify the terms of the potential deal or indicate the length of the delay he would need, as per the Bloomberg report. Free Speech and Security In his appeal, Trump suggested that a temporary pause would offer the court “breathing space” to evaluate the issues “on a more measured schedule.” The filing came after TikTok and the Biden administration submitted arguments on Friday. TikTok countered that Congress overlooked less extreme measures, arguing, “History and precedent teach that, even when national security is at stake, speech bans must be Congress’s last resort.” While Trump previously supported banning TikTok, his stance appears to have softened.