Mr. President, Don’t Abandon the Rule of Law to Save TikTok

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Joe Lonsdale, a prominent Silicon Valley supporter of Donald Trump’s, writes that the new president can’t wish away a ban on the popular Chinese app.

By Joe Lonsdale

01.20.25 — Tech and Business

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Donald Trump is the undisputed king of MAGA, a cultural and political movement.

But today he becomes president of the United States, which is a republic, and republics do not have kings. In America, we abide by the rule of law. Even when the law comes for a popular app—TikTok—that the MAGA king likes.

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