President-elect Trump says he should be the one to decide whether TikTok can continue to operate in the United States because of the unique national security and First Amendment issues raised by the case, he said. on Friday.
Trump's argument comes in a “nonpartisan” brief, filed Friday, weeks before the Supreme Court is expected to hear oral arguments on Jan. 10, 2025, on a law requiring TikTok to be deregulated. of foreign adversaries.
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TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a company based in Beijing and linked to the Chinese Communist Party.
“Today, President Donald J. Trump filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court asking the Court to extend the time it would take to shut down TikTok, and allow President Trump an opportunity to resolve the issue in a timely manner. saving TikTok and preserving America's national security once he takes office as President of the United States on January 20, 2025,” Trump's spokesman and White House Press Secretary Steven Cheung told Fox. News. Digital.
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest, Sunday, December 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scooteri)
“President Donald J. Trump (“President Trump”) is the 45th and soon to be 47th President of the United States of America,” the brief states. “On January 20, 2025, President Trump will assume responsibility for the United States' national security, foreign policy and other key executive functions.”
Trump argues that “this case presents an unprecedented, new, and difficult tension between free speech rights on the one hand, and foreign policy and national security on the other.” “As the incoming President, President Trump has a strong interest in and responsibility for those questions of national security and foreign policy, and he is the right constitutional actor to resolve the dispute through political means.
President Trump also has a special interest in the First Amendment issues raised in this case, “with his historic victory on November 5, 2024, President Trump received a strong mandate from the American electorate to protect free speech rights. All Americans — including the 170 million Americans who use TikTok.”
“President Trump is in a unique position to ensure these interests, because the President and Vice President of the United States are the only elected officials who represent all voters in the Nation,” the brief continues.
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