December 27, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court on Friday to delay the imminent ban of TikTok in the U.S., saying a court-ordered delay would give him time to strike a deal to save the popular social media app.

“President Trump alone possesses the consummate dealmaking expertise, the electoral mandate, and the political will to negotiate a resolution to save the platform while addressing the national security concerns expressed by the government,” the president-elect wrote in an amicus brief filed on Friday.

Trump said he “takes no position on the merits of the dispute” between the government and TikTok. He instead wants the Supreme Court to delay the ban past the statutory Jan. 19 deadline so that his incoming administration can “pursue a negotiated resolution” and potentially “obviate the need for this Court to decide the historically challenging First Amendment question.”

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