Ryan Knutson

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This episode was produced by Enrique Perez de la Rosa and edited by Catherine Whalen. I'm Ryan Knutson. Molly Ball is The Wall Street Journal's senior political correspondent. This episode was engineered by Peter Leonard. Our theme music is by So Wiley and remixed by Peter Leonard. Additional music in this episode by Katherine Anderson, Peter Leonard, and Emma Munger.

This episode was produced by Enrique Perez de la Rosa and edited by Catherine Whalen. I'm Ryan Knutson. Molly Ball is The Wall Street Journal's senior political correspondent. This episode was engineered by Peter Leonard. Our theme music is by So Wiley and remixed by Peter Leonard. Additional music in this episode by Katherine Anderson, Peter Leonard, and Emma Munger.

This episode was produced by Enrique Perez de la Rosa and edited by Catherine Whalen. I'm Ryan Knutson. Molly Ball is The Wall Street Journal's senior political correspondent. This episode was engineered by Peter Leonard. Our theme music is by So Wiley and remixed by Peter Leonard. Additional music in this episode by Katherine Anderson, Peter Leonard, and Emma Munger.

Fact-checking by Kate Gallagher. Artwork by James Walton. Thanks for listening. Trump 2.0 will be back with a new episode next Friday morning. See you then.

Fact-checking by Kate Gallagher. Artwork by James Walton. Thanks for listening. Trump 2.0 will be back with a new episode next Friday morning. See you then.

Fact-checking by Kate Gallagher. Artwork by James Walton. Thanks for listening. Trump 2.0 will be back with a new episode next Friday morning. See you then.

On Monday, just hours after he was sworn into office, President Donald Trump signed a stack of executive orders. One of them delayed enforcement of a ban on TikTok in the U.S.

On Monday, just hours after he was sworn into office, President Donald Trump signed a stack of executive orders. One of them delayed enforcement of a ban on TikTok in the U.S.

On Monday, just hours after he was sworn into office, President Donald Trump signed a stack of executive orders. One of them delayed enforcement of a ban on TikTok in the U.S.

Wasn't it President Trump who, back in 2020, was the person who sort of kicked off this whole effort to ban TikTok in the first place? Yes, the very same President Trump. Our colleague Georgia Wells reports on TikTok.

Wasn't it President Trump who, back in 2020, was the person who sort of kicked off this whole effort to ban TikTok in the first place? Yes, the very same President Trump. Our colleague Georgia Wells reports on TikTok.

Wasn't it President Trump who, back in 2020, was the person who sort of kicked off this whole effort to ban TikTok in the first place? Yes, the very same President Trump. Our colleague Georgia Wells reports on TikTok.

So TikTok is still functioning. It's thanking President Trump. But is the story really over? Is it really actually saved now?

So TikTok is still functioning. It's thanking President Trump. But is the story really over? Is it really actually saved now?

So TikTok is still functioning. It's thanking President Trump. But is the story really over? Is it really actually saved now?

Welcome to The Journal, our show about money, business, and power. I'm Ryan Knudsen. It's Tuesday, January 21st. Coming up on the show, the TikTok ban that wasn't?

Welcome to The Journal, our show about money, business, and power. I'm Ryan Knudsen. It's Tuesday, January 21st. Coming up on the show, the TikTok ban that wasn't?

Welcome to The Journal, our show about money, business, and power. I'm Ryan Knudsen. It's Tuesday, January 21st. Coming up on the show, the TikTok ban that wasn't?

All right, let's go back in time for a second. Why did Donald Trump want to ban TikTok in the first place when he first brought this up back in 2020?