“Let’s You And Him Fight”

As I’ve predicted every day for the last two weeks. A prearranged scam between Trump and the CCP to deceive the American people, enrich himself, and fool users. And it will work because there are plenty of rubes & suckers in this country and Trump has had their number for years. pic.twitter.com/VUyC9ew16e

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 19, 2025

I’m not so sure about that, because Trump’s rubes are not the ones on TikTok:

As T.W. Fuller, who claims, "Conservatism is moving America forward," wrote, "Save America first, then we can worry about what happens to TikTok. But if TikTok is to be saved, make it American owned, and make it safe for everyone who uses it." 

"Only if China doesn’t own it, I don’t want them to steal my information," added Rich Rhonda whose bio reads, "Jesus is my King.Trump is my President." 

"Please enforce the law. No mercy for TikTok. Red book, lemon 8, etc. should be banned, or forced to divest also," begged CedarRockSC who has praised Trump's alliance with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Kamala Harris critic GiaB, accused, "That tells the American people you’re kissing Chinese ass!" 

"Was @realDonaldTrump hacked?" asked Kristine.Thomas11. 

"LET TIKTOK BURN TO HELL IF CCP is NOT selling to USA Investors STOP BEING CHILDISH. TIKTOK IS AN EVIL DATA COLLECTION APP THAT IS DESIGNED TO DESTROY MIND & SOUL OF USA IDIOTS THAT USE IT WAKE UP & DONT MAKE THE MISTAKE Anything China is out to destroy USA," raged ChiefO, whose avatar is a shot of Trump pumping his fist after the Pennsylvania assassination attempt. 

Constitutional Conservative cinciclone agreed and added, "It's not Tiltok that needs saved... IT'S THE CONSTITUTION!!!"

I’m frankly unclear about the provisions of this law. I don’t know what the enforcement mechanisms are, or whether or not the Administration can ignore them. All I know is: he set this up:

Less than 2 years ago. Trump bragging that he tried to ban TikTok 3 years before but Democrats stopped him. pic.twitter.com/hTmvxAoc4Z

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 19, 2025

Trump previously tried to ban Tik Tok himself with an executive order, but it was overturned by the courts. pic.twitter.com/RXPcyB4OUi

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 19, 2025

And he’s now a ham-handed ignoramus tasked with playing a Steinway at Carnegie Hall. And I have ear plugs. 😈

Ah yes. All the angles being played by the oligarchs on this are coming into focus. How about the fact that TIKTOK isn’t allowed to operate in China? What about that? pic.twitter.com/sY1vtBFeXY

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 19, 2025

Or, if you prefer, he’s trying to thread a needle with boxing gloves on. Some of Trump’s dumber rich friends think Trump can force China to sell TikTok, the way Trump thinks he can force Denmark to sell Greenland (as the Prime Minister of Denmark said, Trump can’t sell Florida anymore than Denmark can sell Greenland). This is what America voted for: four more years of chaos arising from complete incompetence.

And at least for now, I don’t have a dog in this fight. 😈

(Sidebar, but since I brought it up: according to Anne Applebaum (gift link at that link), Trump threatened Denmark with tariffs. Which, personally, I think go the way of the TikTok ban when they interfere with Ozempic and Legos. But now I think that’s true of all Trump’s tariff bluster…). But there’s that incompetence again. This is not a time for popcorn, but sweet Joseph, this man is an idiotic toddler with a shotgun.)