Trump Hints at Keeping TikTok Alive ‘For a Little While’ 📱🎉

Guess who's back? TikTok might just be sticking around in the U.S. a bit longer!

In a surprising twist, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump hinted on Sunday that TikTok could continue its operations in the United States \"for a little while.\"

Speaking at AmericaFest, an energetic gathering hosted by Turning Point USA in Phoenix, Arizona, Trump shared how the popular video-sharing app might have played a role in his election campaign.

\"I think we're going to have to start thinking because, you know, we did go on TikTok, and we had a great response with billions of views, billions and billions of views,\" Trump told an enthusiastic crowd. \"They brought me a chart, and it was a record, and it was so beautiful to see, and as I looked at it, I said, 'Maybe we gotta keep this sucker around for a little while.'\"

But hold up! The plot thickens. On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a request from TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to block a law that would require them to sell the app by January 19 or face a ban over national security concerns.

The nation's top court is set to hear arguments on January 10 about whether this law violates the First Amendment by limiting freedom of speech.

TikTok argues that banning the app would silence millions of Americans who use it to communicate about politics, culture, and just about everything else under the sun.

Back in April, President Joe Biden signed a law giving ByteDance 270 days to sell TikTok, citing national security issues. If they don't, companies like Apple and Google would have to remove TikTok from their app stores.

TikTok isn't going down without a fight! In May, they sued the U.S. government to block the potential ban, and the drama has been unfolding ever since.

Early this December, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. dismissed TikTok's claim that the ban is unconstitutional. But with the Supreme Court stepping in, who knows what's next? Stay tuned!