Trump’s message to ‘the young people of TikTok’ and Gen Z: ‘You owe me big’

Over the past five years, the TikTok ban has evolved on a bipartisan basis. After Trump floated the idea during his first presidency, it became a 2024 law signed by President Joe Biden, requiring TikTok to either sell its U.S. operations or face a ban. In recent weeks, Trump has announced a deal, which is still pending, while holding talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. TikTok's American wing will be controlled by a consortium of Trump-aligned billionaires including Larry Ellison, Rupert Murdoch, and Michael Dell. Trump's TikTok pivot In a historical reversal, Trump, who once aggressively pushed to ban TikTok,…