Trump evolves from backing TikTok ban to being seen as app’s savior

President-elect Donald Trump performed a years-long about-face on the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, culminating with him being credited for saving the app on Sunday.

Trump’s first administration initially proposed banning the app or forcing its sale to a non-Chinese owner, but the plan never came to fruition until President Biden took office in 2020. A bipartisan group of lawmakers approved the legislation at the time and Biden signed it, setting the ban-or-sell deadline t