In January 2025, the prevailing thought in Washington was that President Donald Trump‘s push to broker a deal to keep TikTok operating in the United States was nothing more than a pipe dream. The president himself had explored banning the app during his first term,

After a long legal saga, TikTok has established a majority American-owned joint venture to operate its US business, deflecting the threat of a ban over its Chinese ownership. TikTok insists that US users will maintain a "global TikTok experience,

The changes came after the app’s Chinese parent company spun out an American entity to run TikTok in the United States.

TikTok has at last finalized a deal to keep the popular video sharing platform operating in the U.S. after years of uncertainty

The deal comes after years of battles that began when President Donald Trump tried unsuccessfully to ban the app over national security concerns.

This is your periodic reminder that TikTok could still be banned in the U.S., because as of right now, despite various assurances from the Trump administration that a deal will be done ahead of the current extension deadline, there’s been no official statement from TikTok, nor parent company ByteDance, to confirm that any such deal is in place.

Donald Trump's biggest abuse of power comes on TikTok, and neither Republicans nor Democrats in Congress seems to care.