Trump provides immunity to tech firms when he signs an executive order pausing the TikTok ban
US FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said, “TikTok’s threat to national security”. Carr also wrote about protecting US from security threats emanating from China, including by addressing “TikTok’s threat to national security”. On his first day in office, US President Donald Trump ordered the Attorney General to not enforce a law on American companies doing business with other countries for 75 days.
TikTok is unavailable in the US and not available from the app stores
The US President Joe Biden has suggested TikTok to raise its concerns with President-elect Donald Trump about a new law which requires apps to remove TikTok content from their platforms. Biden said that he’d like to know how TikTok plans on complying with the law. TikTok has asked Apple and Google not to remove the app from their app stores.
The Supreme Court upheld a ban on TikTok
Following the US Supreme Court’s ruling in the TikTok case, US President Donald Trump said, “My decision on TikTok will be made in not too distant future, but I must have time to review the situation.” Trump had earlier said he had a “very good” call with China’s President Xi Jinping, including discussions about the app.
Sean Duffy is the person Trump has picked to be his secretary of transportation
US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Sean Duffy to be the country’s Secretary of Transportation, saying he’ll work “to reduce the red tape that slows critical infrastructure projects”. Duffy, a Republican congressman, also said that he’d work to “reduce the red tape that slows important infrastructure projects, ensuring funds are spent efficiently”. He’d served in the US Congress for 12 years.
After the Supreme Court argued about TikTok’s case, it is likely that it will be banned
TikTok may be blocked in the US by January 19 if its owner, ByteDance, does not sell the US business by that date. US President-elect Donald Trump had originally proposed thatByteDance be forced to sell TikTok during his first presidential term, but has since reversed course. Trump has a number of options, including instructing his administration to not enforce the law.
Is this the best time to invest incryptocurrencies in the foreseeable future?
The US President Donald Trump has said that the country will start a “strategic national stockpile” made up of Bitcoins. The US could buy up to 2,00,000 Bitcoins a year for five years, until they reach 10,00,000, he added. This plan comes after US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved investment funds to track the price of Bitcoin.
The Supreme Court has been asked by Trump to delay the start of the ban
US President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to stay a bill that would have barred him from selling his TikTok app, claiming he “seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means” once he takes office. Trump added he possesses “the consummate deal-making expertise, the electoral mandate, and the political will to negotiate a resolution to save the platform”.
The New Jersey drones hysteria shows that no one knows anything
Donald Trump has cancelled a trip to his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey after drones were spotted at the course, according to reports. The US President-elect said he cancelled the trip because drones were spotted there. “This is something that I will be dealing with very soon,” he added. However, Trump later said he had cancelled the trip due to the drone sightings.
The New Jersey drone mystery may not be that strange
Amid reports of mysterious drone sightings in the state of New Jersey, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that no evidence has been found of foreign involvement or a threat. Federal Aviation Administration had banned flying drones over a golf course owned by US President Donald Trump in Bedminster, New Jersey, and an Army garrison in Wharton.
Pro-Harris TikTok was safe until election day
TikTok influencer Kamala Harris has said she felt safe in an algorithmic bubble until US president-elect Donald Trump was elected. “I also don’t see a world where a black woman is elected for President right now. I know what people are watching on the internet, but I also don’t see a world where a black woman is elected,” she added.