Donald Trump, TikTok, and the power of the presidency: “A leader is a dealer in hope”
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The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 20 January 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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TikTok went offline Saturday night after the Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law requiring its Chinese owner to sell the app by Sunday or face a ban. Then, after President-elect Trump said he would issue an executive order today to delay the ban, the company began restoring service. This is just one example of the power to be conferred on Mr. Trump when he takes the oath of office as our nation’s forty-seventh president. What is at the heart of that power? According to Napoleon Bonaparte, “A leader is a dealer in hope.” As Mr. Trump returns to the White House today, let’s consider Napoleon’s assertion and its implications for our nation and our future.
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| 0:58.1 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's daily article, written by our co-founder, CEO, and good friend, Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 1:08.4 | TikTok went offline Saturday night after the Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law |
| 1:14.2 | requiring its Chinese owner to sell the app by Sunday or face a ban. Then, after President |
| 1:20.9 | elect Trump said he would issue an executive order today to delay the ban, the company began |
| 1:26.7 | restoring service. This is just one example of the |
| 1:30.2 | power to be conferred on Mr. Trump when he takes the oath of office at noon today, Eastern Standard Time, |
| 1:36.4 | as our nation's 47th president. Other stories in this morning's news, the first three hostages |
| 1:42.6 | released from Gaza arrived in Israel yesterday |
| 1:45.9 | after a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu |
| 1:52.3 | said, An entire nation embraces you. Negotiators from both President Biden and President |
| 1:59.1 | Elect Trump help secure the agreement. |
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