Former President Trump on Sunday called Facebook the “worst” social media platform in an exclusive interview with Fox News Channel’s “Media Buzz.” U.S. lawmakers are pushing for a ban on TikTok to benefit Facebook. I warned you that you shouldn’t.
Host Howard Kurtz asked President Trump why Republican lawmakers supported banning TikTok while he was president, but now have passed a bill to ban the app if its Chinese owners don’t sell TikTok. I asked the 197 people if they had changed their stance against them.
In response, President Trump said that he had previously given the US government the option to ban it, but added, “I didn’t have my jaw removed. I didn’t do anything.”
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Former President Donald Trump spoke to the Fox News Channel about his apparent change in opinion on whether TikTok should be banned. (Fox News)
“I just said, ‘If you guys want it, ban it.'” And Congress probably didn’t want to ban it, you know, because I It wasn’t something I asked for,” he said, adding, “If I had asked for it, I think I would have accepted it.”
The former president promised to sign an executive order banning the app in 2020, telling reporters at the time, “As far as TikTok is concerned, we will ban it from the United States. I have the authority to do that… It will be. I guess so.” It will be signed tomorrow. ”
Shortly after, two federal judges blocked President Trump’s executive order.
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Ahead of Congress’ recent vote on banning TikTok, President Trump announced his opposition to it, signaling a shift from his previous position. “If you eliminate TikTok, Facebook and Zuckerschmuck’s business will double. Facebook will do better after cheating in the last election,” he wrote in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday. We don’t want them to. They are the true enemies of the state.” people! “
President Trump spoke to Kurtz about his current views on Chinese-owned platforms, saying, “There are dangers and problems with banning platforms as well as free speech.”
“But here’s what I discovered,” he continued, “that Facebook turns out to be very dishonest, and what happens if you ban TikTok or take it away. I mean…those people are going to get into Facebook, and Facebook, in my opinion, is much worse than TikTok.”
President Trump is currently opposing Congressional efforts to ban TikTok in the United States, saying the move would only benefit China. (Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images)
Kurtz went on to ask whether Trump’s new stance was influenced by his recent meeting with the billionaire. TikTok investor Jeff Yass.
The former president denied that this was a factor, saying, “No, no, actually, I didn’t even know about that.” He added that he had never spoken to Yas about the platform until he mentioned Facebook again.
“If you’re going to do it to TikTok, you should do it to Facebook. And what you can do is let them sell TikTok. Let them sell it in the marketplace…but take it away from Chinese control.”
President Trump also expressed the belief that China also “controls Facebook.” “They have tremendous power in the company. There’s no question about that. They want to be in China, they want to go to China.”
After the interview, Kurz clarified to viewers that Facebook “is not allowed to operate in China.”
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