President Donald Trump on Friday credited the late conservative leader Charlie Kirk for his role in shaping the U.S. government’s approach to TikTok, which has led to progress in the U.S.-China negotiations to keep the platform available in the U.S.
Speaking with reporters in the Oval Office Friday, Trump shared that he had a successful phone call with Jinping on Friday morning in which he reached a deal to keep the social media platform available to American users by divesting some of its ownership to U.S. business leaders.
He said that Chinese leaders, American youth and even conservative leaders wanted to keep the platform available in the U.S.