White House joins TikTok after delaying enforcement of sale-or-ban law

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN Politics

PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2025, 9:05 PM ET


The White House launched a TikTok account on Tuesday amid uncertainty about the app’s future, as another deadline approaches for its parent company, Bytedance, to sell to a US buyer or be banned in the United States.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly extended the deadline of a sale-or-ban law passed under former President Joe Biden’s administration, with the new deadline less than a month away on September 17.

The latest delay in June kept the app accessible for its 170 million American users, despite the legislation that passed last year with bipartisan support over concerns that TikTok’s Chinese ownership poses a US national security risk. And it came as both the United States and China sought leverage in tense trade talks.

TikTok’s ultimate fate in the US remains unclear, but the official White House account is a signal the app could be here to stay.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/politics/white-house-tiktok-account

[OldBaldy1701E]

1. I don't see that it ever left. (n/t)

[Igel]

6. Trump had an account.

I don't recall that there was a separate WH account.

Seems like a foolish oversight. Which might lead to foolish oversight.

[OldBaldy1701E]

7. I suppose I should have worded that to imply that they were always fans of TikTok.

Any kind of outlet that allows anyone to be a preening narcissist (not only with impunity but, in some cases, anonymity as well) is going to be something that this regime will cherish.

Because sensible people would never let these idiots anywhere near a microphone or a camera.

[Srkdqltr]

2. Of course they did.

Now we will get our laws by Tic Tok.

[Nigrum Cattus]

3. TikTok will now become X

[Midwestern Democrat]

4. The TikTok ban was incredibly stupid - when absolutely no one who voted for the ban is demanding it be enforced, that's

a pretty clear sign they know they made a huge mistake. A Harris administration would be doing the exact same thing - continually extending the ban or sale deadline.

[Karasu]

5. Because that's what this fascist regime needs. MORE government by social media.