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Let's start with a simple question. Why did Trump throw TikTok a lifeline? Why is that good politics for him? Brianna, let's start with you.

Let's start with a simple question. Why did Trump throw TikTok a lifeline? Why is that good politics for him? Brianna, let's start with you.

Let's start with a simple question. Why did Trump throw TikTok a lifeline? Why is that good politics for him? Brianna, let's start with you.

Like, it's not supposed to work that way. Well, it's sort of like if this is a national security threat and Congress deemed it that way and every single justice agreed with them, how do we have the luxury of putting off something that's a national security threat for another several months? Like, it doesn't make sense. Thank you. It doesn't make sense. Peter, do you want to weigh in here?

Like, it's not supposed to work that way. Well, it's sort of like if this is a national security threat and Congress deemed it that way and every single justice agreed with them, how do we have the luxury of putting off something that's a national security threat for another several months? Like, it doesn't make sense. Thank you. It doesn't make sense. Peter, do you want to weigh in here?

Like, it's not supposed to work that way. Well, it's sort of like if this is a national security threat and Congress deemed it that way and every single justice agreed with them, how do we have the luxury of putting off something that's a national security threat for another several months? Like, it doesn't make sense. Thank you. It doesn't make sense. Peter, do you want to weigh in here?

I'm sure you're a heavy TikTok user.

I'm sure you're a heavy TikTok user.

I'm sure you're a heavy TikTok user.

We had a really interesting piece by Joe Lonsdale, a prominent venture capitalist and a big Trump supporter who nonetheless, you know, came out in our pages criticizing Trump. Here's what he said. ByteDance will never sell TikTok because TikTok is not a social media app with normal corporate incentives. It is a weapon, and America is the target of that weapon.

We had a really interesting piece by Joe Lonsdale, a prominent venture capitalist and a big Trump supporter who nonetheless, you know, came out in our pages criticizing Trump. Here's what he said. ByteDance will never sell TikTok because TikTok is not a social media app with normal corporate incentives. It is a weapon, and America is the target of that weapon.

We had a really interesting piece by Joe Lonsdale, a prominent venture capitalist and a big Trump supporter who nonetheless, you know, came out in our pages criticizing Trump. Here's what he said. ByteDance will never sell TikTok because TikTok is not a social media app with normal corporate incentives. It is a weapon, and America is the target of that weapon.

Trump may be the undisputed king of MAGA, a cultural and political movement, but he is now president of the United States, which is a republic, and republics don't have kings. In America, we abide by the rule of law, even when the law comes for a popular app, TikTok, that the MAGA king likes. I don't know if we could say it better than that.

Trump may be the undisputed king of MAGA, a cultural and political movement, but he is now president of the United States, which is a republic, and republics don't have kings. In America, we abide by the rule of law, even when the law comes for a popular app, TikTok, that the MAGA king likes. I don't know if we could say it better than that.

Trump may be the undisputed king of MAGA, a cultural and political movement, but he is now president of the United States, which is a republic, and republics don't have kings. In America, we abide by the rule of law, even when the law comes for a popular app, TikTok, that the MAGA king likes. I don't know if we could say it better than that.

The rare issue in which there is consensus on this panel. One interesting thing, and I know Batya has been kind of all over the place talking about the new tech oligarchy, and that was notable at the inauguration. Ezra Klein, who I don't quote a lot on this show, but I thought he had said something really notable on Twitter. Here's what he said.

The rare issue in which there is consensus on this panel. One interesting thing, and I know Batya has been kind of all over the place talking about the new tech oligarchy, and that was notable at the inauguration. Ezra Klein, who I don't quote a lot on this show, but I thought he had said something really notable on Twitter. Here's what he said.

The rare issue in which there is consensus on this panel. One interesting thing, and I know Batya has been kind of all over the place talking about the new tech oligarchy, and that was notable at the inauguration. Ezra Klein, who I don't quote a lot on this show, but I thought he had said something really notable on Twitter. Here's what he said.

For all Trump's talk of manufacturing jobs, you didn't see the CEOs of GE and Caterpillar sitting in the prime seats at the inauguration. You saw the CEOs of Amazon and X and Meta and Google and TikTok. It's the attentional oligarchs, I thought that was a really smart phrase, whose power he cares about. Let's talk a little bit about the new marriage of the...

For all Trump's talk of manufacturing jobs, you didn't see the CEOs of GE and Caterpillar sitting in the prime seats at the inauguration. You saw the CEOs of Amazon and X and Meta and Google and TikTok. It's the attentional oligarchs, I thought that was a really smart phrase, whose power he cares about. Let's talk a little bit about the new marriage of the...