TikTok Meets Trump: All the Wrong Moves, Somehow Still Alive

Driven to the edge, TikTok found its way to survive: hand the stage, the applause and the glory to Trump, as lavishly as possible

TikTok: the most watched piece on the geopolitical chessboard.

In Washington it is seen as a Trojan horse from the East, poised to gather intelligence for China and lay the groundwork for manipulating public opinion; in other eyes it is a pitiful sacrificial pawn, trembling under the crush of the superpowers, waiting for judgment at the negotiating table.