The most important aspect of the Trump administration’s proposed TikTok deal with China is to make sure that Americans have control over it and that it is not manipulated by a foreign adversary, Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., told Newsmax on Tuesday.
Moolenaar, who is chair of the House Select Committee on China, explained on “Wake Up America” that it is encouraging that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, President Donald Trump, and other top U.S. officials are “all engaged on making sure that we don’t allow TikTok to continue to be a national security threat and a propaganda machine for the Chinese Communist Party.”
Moolenaar said that he supports Bessent’s statement that “the U.S. is not willing to sacrifice national security for a social media app” and that the Trump administration is talking about “implementing a law that requires a divestiture so that American ownership or a like-minded country, rather than a foreign adversary, would be able to influence America in this way.”
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