Robby Starbuck, Tennessee political commentator and documentary filmmaker, is warning that the Chinese Communist Party-controlled (CCP) app TikTok continues to have “no good intentions” as the Trump administration negotiates a deal to keep the app operational in the U.S.
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order stating his intentions to consult with his “advisors, including the heads of relevant departments and agencies on the national security concerns posed by TikTok, and to pursue a resolution that protects national security while saving a platform used by 170 million Americans.”
Trump’s executive order came one day after TikTok was unavailable to U.S. users for a short period of time as part of the former administration’s law that required the app to be divested from its parent company, ByteDance, by January 19 or cease operations in the U.S.
Trump, prior to signing the executive order, floated the idea of the U.S. having a 50 percent ownership position of TikTok in a joint venture in order for the app to continue to be operational in the U.S.