Trump puts JD Vance in charge of 'quarterbacking' TikTok sale as U.S. ban looms

Vice President JD Vance is taking the pb connected the quest to negociate a TikTok sale, a root acquainted with the process tells DailyMail.com.

The vice president is present successful complaint of 'quarterbacking a woody to prevention TikTok,' Punchbowl News archetypal revealed Friday morning. 

Vance's purpose volition beryllium to fulfill a committedness made by President Donald Trump during the election.

Former President Joe Biden signed a measure to prohibition the app, retired of information concerns surrounding the Chinese institution ByteDance, partially owned by the Chinese government. 

'We won the young vote, I deliberation I won it done TikTok truthful I person a lukewarm spot successful my bosom for TikTok,' Trump told reporters successful January. 

The prohibition went into effect connected Biden's past time successful office, arsenic the level was temporarily taken offline, until Trump reassured the institution helium would not enforce it. 

Trump signed an enforcement bid aft taking bureau delaying enforcement for 75 days portion helium negotiated a sale.

The abbreviated video level app is inactive live, but mobile app stores are not allowing caller downloads.

China is presently resisting support of a merchantability that would let an American bidder to acquisition the platform, frustrating Trump's efforts to marque a deal.

Vance is taking the pb connected negotiations, hopeful that his connections with Silicon Valley and the tech manufacture volition assistance the process determination forward.

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz volition show the process and assistance person members of Congress that the woody volition marque the level safer for American users. 

The process besides faces uncertainty arsenic President Trump has threatened to level caller tariffs connected China, making Chinese President Xi Jinping little apt to o.k. the merchantability of the app to an American company.

Trump besides voiced his involvement successful the United States owning fractional of the level arsenic questions turn astir the Chinese government's entree to the company's data. 

'Without U.S. approval, determination is nary TikTok. With our approval, it is worthy hundreds of billions of dollars - possibly trillions,' helium wrote connected Truth Social. 

In 2024, Trump held the grounds for the astir watched governmental TikTok video of the predetermination rhythm with 178.6 cardinal views.

His squad generated 35 cardinal views crossed the antithetic @realDonaldTrump and @TeamTrump TikTok accounts and associated hashtags.

TikTok users besides helped fuel the president-elect's celebrated 'Trump Dance' into a viral sensation arsenic they posted videos of themselves dancing to the opus YMCA by The Village People.