More Americans than ever oppose the TikTok ban, as it’s pushed back once again
On Friday, President Trump granted a 75-day extension for TikTok’s divest-or-ban deadline, giving parent company ByteDance until mid-June to find a new owner in the US — the second delay since the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the law in January, as tariffs complicate the picture.
In a Truth Social post announcing the extension, the president said he hoped to continue negotiating the deal with China, acknowledging the nation was “not very happy” with his new trade policies. The two countries had apparently been close to a deal that would have spun off the app’s American operations into a new company, majority-owned by US investors, but it reportedly fell through after Chinese officials objected to the new 34% tariff hike.
Meanwhile, the public opposition to banning the app used by 170 million Americans has only been growing in the years since it was first proposed. Per a survey released by Pew Research Center in March, just 34% of US adults now support the ban, down from 50% in March 2023. Over the same period, more Americans have grown to oppose the breakup, climbing to 32% in the latest survey.
In a Truth Social post announcing the extension, the president said he hoped to continue negotiating the deal with China, acknowledging the nation was “not very happy” with his new trade policies. The two countries had apparently been close to a deal that would have spun off the app’s American operations into a new company, majority-owned by US investors, but it reportedly fell through after Chinese officials objected to the new 34% tariff hike.
Meanwhile, the public opposition to banning the app used by 170 million Americans has only been growing in the years since it was first proposed. Per a survey released by Pew Research Center in March, just 34% of US adults now support the ban, down from 50% in March 2023. Over the same period, more Americans have grown to oppose the breakup, climbing to 32% in the latest survey.
