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President-elect Trump says he should be the one to make the decision about 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 in an amicus brief on Friday.
Trump’s argument comes in an amicus brief “that does not support either side,” filed Friday, weeks before the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Jan. 10, 2025, on the law requiring the divestment of TikTok from foreign adversary control.
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TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a company based in Beijing and connected 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 deadline that would cause TikTok’s imminent shutdown and allow President Trump an opportunity to resolve the issue in a way that saves TikTok and preserves American national security once he resumes office as President of the United States on January 20, 2025,” said Trump’s spokesman and White House communications director, Steven Cheung. Fox News Digital.
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 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 America’s national security, foreign policy, and other vital 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 concerns on the other.” “As the new chief executive, President Trump has a particularly powerful interest and responsibility in these matters 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 unique interest in the First Amendment issues raised in this case,” the brief states. “Through his historic victory on November 5, 2024, President Trump received a powerful electoral mandate of American voters to protect free speech rights. of all Americans, including the 170 million Americans who use TikTok.”
“President Trump is in a unique position to vindicate these interests, because ‘the President and Vice President of the United States are the only elected officials who represent all of the nation’s voters,'” the brief continues.
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