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Howard Lutnick: “The President knows if we're going to have [TikTok] here…”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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Published | Video Starts at 21:02

So, you know, if you use Chinese things, they're going to connect you. They'll know where you are, they know what you're thinking. They'll know. They'll be in your phone. So The President knows if we're going to have [TikTok] here, that's got to go. That's got got to go. And that's what we're talking about. The President can get that. He's going to keep tick tock. If he can't, it's going to go dark. (21:02–21:08)

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Asserts that the President is aware TikTok must be removed if it remains operational in the U.S.

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