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Lies.No, he demanded ByteDance divest like NOW! or face shutdown. ByteDance divested and Tik Tok continued as a separate company.
Trump gave ByteDance some extra time to divest:
TikTok received a lifeline this week from President Trump, who issued an executive order delaying enforcement of a national ban by 75 days while China-based ByteDance seeks an American buyer.
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ByteDance director confident TikTok deal will get done, sees options to avoid an outright sale
Bill Ford, the CEO of ByteDance shareholder General Atlantic, said Wednesday he was confident that a deal will be reached to ensure TikTok stays online in the US — and suggested there may be option…nypost.com
President-elect Donald Trump has urged the Supreme Court to block a law that would force the popular social media app TikTok to be sold or shut down. In a legal filing Friday night, Trump told the justices that a delay would allow his administration to “negotiate a resolution to save the platform while addressing national security concerns.”
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Why Trump asked the Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban and what’s next
President-elect Donald Trump has urged the Supreme Court to block a law that would force the popular social media app TikTok to be sold or shut down. In a legal filing Friday night, Trump told the justices that a delay would allow his administration to “negotiate a resolution to save the...www.pbs.org
Trump did argue to give Tik Tok some extra time to divest and in the end, it was divested.
Byte dance DID NOT divest.
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No, ByteDance has not divested from TikTok; instead, the company is fighting a US law that would force a sale or lead to a ban in the United States, a process that has included court injunctions, extensions of the deadline, and a Supreme Court ruling upholding the law. ByteDance has stated that a divestiture is "simply not possible" and has taken legal action to prevent it.