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90 Days: Trump Delivers Another TikTok Order. Commands Divestiture After CFIUS Review
Just in case ByteDance didn't get the message, Donald Trump on Friday evening ordered the Chinese company to divest its US assets and data related to TikTok within 90 days.
The order, which was tipped late last month and is separate from those issued on August 6, is a response from The White House to a CFIUS referral, stemming from an investigation into ByteDance's 2017 purchase of Musical.ly.
"The transaction resulting in the acquisition by ByteDance of Musical.ly, to the extent that Musical.
Here is my take on Trumps increasing belligerence toward Chayna…he is hoping that when he succeeds pitting “Chayna” against U.S, and gets response depicting China as an enemy of the U.S close to elections, he is hoping that the public will rally against China and vote for him for another four years. I hope the majority of American public don’t take the bait….