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Howard Lutnick: “The president likes TikTok. You know, he, he did well…”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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Published | Video Starts at 20:24

Can you give us any sense as to how that's moving along and, or what the Chinese are thinking? We're talking, they're talking about it. The president likes TikTok. You know, he, he did well communicating with young people through TikTok. So he's partial to it. But unless it's owned by Americans and the algorithm is controlled by Americans because, you know, eventually that app in your phone, everything with China has a Call Daddy in it. (20:24–20:32)

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Asserts that the President has a favorable view of TikTok for communication with young people.

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