US TikTok ban looms as Trump seeks last-ditch solution

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

79% : "Trump "truly understands our platform," he added.
60% : It also has a fan in Trump, who has credited the app with connecting him to younger voters, contributing to his election victory in November.
54% : After months of legal tussles, the US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that would ban the popular video-sharing platform in the name of national security, unless its Chinese owners reach a deal to sell it to non-Chinese buyers by Sunday.
51% : After discussing TikTok with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday, Trump told NBC News on Saturday that he could activate a 90-day reprieve from the ban after he reclaims the Oval Office.
51% : After the court defeat, TikTok CEO Shou Chew appealed to Trump, thanking him for his "commitment to work with us to find a solution.
31% : Frank McCourt, the former Los Angeles Dodgers owner, has made an offer to purchase TikTok's US activity and said he's "ready to work with the company and President Trump to complete a deal.
28% : Only months after overwhelmingly backing the law, lawmakers and officials were now fretting about the ban, with all eyes on whether Trump can swoop in and find a way to save the app.
25% : He acknowledged the legal uncertainty over the case, with it remaining an open question whether an executive order by Trump to halt the ban would override the law.

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