That's why his opinion about TikTok suddenly changed.
Steve Bannon He hinted at that Donald Trump He was repaid, thanks to which his attitude towards TikTok changed – He writes Newsweek.
The background of the statement is that TikTok, the social platform owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been under sustained attack in the United States for some time: according to lawmakers, the service shares data obtained from users with the Chinese state.
Although ByteDance and the platform's leadership categorically reject these accusations, a bipartisan bill was recently passed that would essentially ban TikTok from having a presence in the United States, as well as any other social media run by “foreign adversaries.” The Energy and Commerce Committee approved the bill by a vote of 50 to zero, so the US House of Representatives can vote on it now. TikTok then encouraged its users to convince their local representatives not to vote for the law that would lead to TikTok being banned.
This is where Trump comes into the picture, who has previously defended attacks against TikTok over its ties to China, but the 2024 Republican presidential candidate already wrote on his social media site, Truth Social, on March 8 that he opposes it. The aforementioned law.
If we remove TikTok, Facebook and Zuckerschmuk (Mark Zuckerberg -Ed.) Doubles your business. I don't want Facebook, which rigged the election, to do better. They are the real enemies of the people.
Steve Bannon responded to this on the social media platform Gettr by saying:
Simple: Yas Coins.
Trump's former campaign manager and adviser hinted that the presidential candidate was paid during a meeting Jeff Yasa conservative hedge fund manager who owns a $33 billion stake in TikTok.
