Donald Trump on Monday called President Biden “responsible for banning TikTok,” though the former president worked to force a sale of TikTok when he was in the White House.
A man carries a Free TikTok sign on April 15 in front of the Manhattan courthouse as the criminal trial of former president Donald Trump got underway. Former president Donald Trump is digging in against a potential ban of TikTok moving through Congress — and seeking to blame President Biden for it — even though Trump sought to outlaw the social media application when he was in the White House.
But Trump’s public stance on the social media app swung in the other direction in recent months, with the former president arguing in March that a TikTok ban would only empower Facebook, which he has called “an enemy of the people.” Trump’s post on Monday appeared to be the first time he explicitly referenced Biden while railing against proposals to force a TikTok sale.
“We’ve been clear: we do not want to ban apps like TikTok,” White House spokesperson Robyn Patterson said in a statement. “What we want — and what the legislation we support would do — is ensure that TikTok becomes owned by an American company so that our and our children’s sensitive personal data stays here instead of going to China and so that Americans’ understandings and views can’t be manipulated by algorithms potentially controlled by the .
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