President-elect Donald Trump credited TikTok with his success among young people in the 2024 election and told Newsmax he “had a very good experience” with it after being asked for his thoughts on the app’s potential ban.
During an interview with Trump on Monday’s Rob Schmitt Tonight, host Rob Schmitt asked Trump about the Supreme Court’s impending decision on whether TikTok should be banned if it isn’t sold to a U.S. company before January 19.
“Is TikTok going to be sold? If it isn’t sold, what are you going to do?” asked Schmitt. “Are you going to have an influence on this?”
Trump responded:
They’re waiting to see what happens at the Supreme Court, Rob, as you know, and so we’ll see what happens there. That’s gonna have a big influence on whatever’s going to happen, but we’ll see. Nobody really knows what that’s going to be, and I will make a decision. I must say, I was on TikTok for the election and I won the young people by 36 points.
No Republican’s ever won the young people and I won by– you saw that, one of the best groups, I won by 36 points. I was on TikTok,