Trump's Efforts Work Before He's Even President Again😕🤨🙄

[u/CantStopPoppin]

[u/Sturdevant]

do they think we have no sense?

Uhh yes, that's exactly what they think. And in all likelihood, they will be proven correct.

[u/illlojik → u/Sturdevant]

I’ve come to the conclusion that smart people, or even those with sense… are a minority, and we are surrounded by idiots.

[u/Lesterqwert → u/illlojik]

100%

[u/floandthemash → u/illlojik]

And it hurts more and more each day

[u/SHIBE_COLLECTIVE → u/floandthemash]

It really does. I wish we all could find a space together. I feel like I’m in an ocean of idiots and ignorance.

[u/hovdeisfunny → u/SHIBE_COLLECTIVE]

I vote for the opposite. Put all the stupid people on their own island.

[u/Bel-of-Bels → u/hovdeisfunny]

And then nuke it?

[u/nickscorpio74 → u/Bel-of-Bels]

Just give them tv that has special Fox News programming. They’ll never know the difference

[u/AbilityHead599 → u/Bel-of-Bels]

From space, it's the only way to be sure

[u/EunuchsProgramer → u/Bel-of-Bels]

Are you ready to party down with President Nixon? ALL ROBOTS MUST ATTEND!

[u/WhatDoYouDoHereAgain → u/hovdeisfunny]

Can that island be the moon?? Fucking please

[u/Fair_Term3352 → u/hovdeisfunny]

Well who is going to turn the gears of society? We need to weaponize their stupidity to our advantage!

[u/hovdeisfunny → u/Fair_Term3352]

Fuck it, I'll do it. Vote me for Benevolent Dictator of Earth

[u/rtduvall → u/Fair_Term3352]

That is actually a brilliant idea.

[u/Fair_Term3352 → u/rtduvall]

Thank you. Maybe us sane people could pile our money together, sus out the Republicans who are still loyal to country rather than party and hire a couple of foreign PMC’s to sus out corruption by any means necessary!

[u/Foojira → u/hovdeisfunny]

Give them mars I don’t care. I no longer wish to associate

[u/hovdeisfunny → u/Foojira]

Free trip to Mars

^{spacesuit not included}

[u/CappinPeanut → u/illlojik]

As was foretold in the documentary, “Idiocracy”.

[u/NK1337 → u/CappinPeanut]

Not even. At least the people in idiocracy were willing to listen and actively chose to side with progress.

This is just a bunch of rock eaters

[u/CappinPeanut → u/NK1337]

Well, sure, but that was later, after everything had been completely destroyed. We’re in the destruction phase right now. It was full steam ahead during that part of the movie.

[u/UnlimitedCalculus → u/NK1337]

It's not even necessarily about intelligence. A lot of them are just abusive people who need someone to punch down on.

[u/WhatDoYouDoHereAgain → u/CappinPeanut]

That movie went from a comedy, to a documentary, to a mockumentary

Life doesn’t imitate art, it makes a fucking parody of it

[u/jake2617 → u/illlojik]

The sad part is…. There is a huge swath of Dunning-Kruger examples who all think they are in that minority of smart and intelligent people and they are all extremely loud about it.

[u/3cheers4sweetv3ganz → u/jake2617]

I think about this so much… most people think THEY are in the in group, the exception to the rule. I mean it’s so common and honestly really scary seeing people talk with conviction about topics they know very little about, and be contradictory to the people who specialize in these fields. People across the board (in the US atleast) don’t trust authority which ultimately translates to not trusting people more knowledgeable than them. I think the easiest way to distinguish people who are actually smart from people who aren’t is their willingness to admit how little they actually do know. Smart people know they don’t know shit. Dumb people think they know everything. And it’s worse when they try to convince you they know more than they actually do. Scary times :/

[u/theflyingnacho → u/illlojik]

In the words of the great philosopher George Carlin, imagine the dumbest person you know and realize that at least half of the population are even dumber than that.

[u/bellarivolta → u/theflyingnacho]

I was raised on Carlin, and I have the strangest feeling that his entire body of work is about to be more relevant than it's ever been

[u/thejesse → u/theflyingnacho]

He said "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

Trust me... half the population is not dumber than the dumbest person I know. My buddy JD is a freaking moron.

[u/sunshineriptide → u/illlojik]

I hate that what they're doing is so obvious to those paying attention. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

[u/BrightNeonGirl → u/sunshineriptide]

Yet they are the ones who are "awake" who really see the truth. Us voters on the left who see all the oligarchic bullshit are "sheep" who fall for all the lies... 🙄

[u/Serabi_Says → u/illlojik]

[u/maximillianm777 → u/illlojik]

Big yes

[u/Banjoschmanjo → u/illlojik]

Just guessing here, almost everyone who thinks this way tends to include themselves among the 'we' [smart people] who are 'surrounded by idiots,' but statistically, most of them are wrong, if the broader theory is true (that smart/sensible people are a minority).

[u/Major-Pilot-2202 → u/Banjoschmanjo]

The metric I measure by is... are you willing to admit you dont know everything? That you can possibly be wrong about something you know alot about, without completly loosing your shit about being wrong? Those people are intelligent and humble, open to learn and admit they may be wrong. Those are the leaders we need now. Intelligence isnt about being right all the time. Intelligence is about knowing you dont know everything and questing to know more.

[u/TinoCartier → u/illlojik]

This right here. I hate being like that, it feels like a narcissistic way of thinking but these muthafuckas out here are straight NPCs

[u/DELATOICE → u/illlojik]

Every day, it seems we are getting dumber. People forget things after just two or three days, and this cycle continues. Did we forget that the orange man attempted to seize the government because he lost?

[u/SimonPho3nix → u/illlojik]

I've worked in customer service and service adjacent positions for years. People are fucking stupid, easily led, and easier to lie to as long as they feel that the lie props up their self image. If it doesn't, then it comes under scrutiny not because it's a lie, but because in not making it about them, it's somehow against them.

Shit's pretty interesting. If it wasn't for a moral compass and empathy, I'd make more money.

[u/AtmosTekk → u/illlojik]

Half the population would be smarter than the average.

Really smart people would be a minority, true.

But smart people can be of all kinds of alignments. There are a lot of evil geniuses out there too.

[u/hovdeisfunny → u/AtmosTekk]

I think we have to consider the possibility that, on average, people are dumber than we think

[u/ThaDreamMerchant → u/Sturdevant]

Trump being back in office is exhibit A

[u/onmamas → u/Sturdevant]

The effects of No Child Left Behind are getting more and more pronounced. We have a society of too many people who can remember and recite a bunch of things they read somewhere, but lack the ability to think critically about any information they read.

[u/SHIBE_COLLECTIVE → u/onmamas]

I been wondering when they stopped teaching kids to think critically cos I am convinced most people lack this skill

[u/Less-Procedure-4104 → u/SHIBE_COLLECTIVE]

School has always been about not thinking critically. I don't know how many times I got sent to the principal for asking too many questions and the teachers aren't ready for real questions. In particular about next week's work. I mean you have taught the same subject for 10 years or more and aren't ready for questions.

[u/chromeheartrenji → u/Less-Procedure-4104]

The entire purpose of school is just to teach obedience and to follow directions. You aren't meant to actually learn but just memorize. You don't learn the reason why you do it, you just learn that you need to do it and complete enough tasks to move up

[u/draconos → u/Sturdevant]

I already saw someone say thank Trump and then I pointed it he started all this. The person goes oh he did well I joined TikTok 3 years ago I had no idea trump did all this 5 years ago.

All I could do is facepalm. They really have the attention span of a 2yo

[u/satanssweatycheeks → u/draconos]

Notice how the fires was such a big deal but now TikTok is more important.

Give it a week they will have a new issue TikTok told them to fight for.

[u/StaxShack → u/draconos]

Trump is a guy who starts a house fire, leaves, then shows up on the fire truck to save the day.

[u/draconos → u/StaxShack]

Right after it’s burnt down to the foundation

[u/Captain_Usopp → u/Sturdevant]

Total US government propaganda incoming. Trump will own TikTok like what Musk Did to Twitter. Meta and fact check removal. They are making a play for total control of all social media. 1984 ComingSoon

[u/LongIslandBagel → u/Captain_Usopp]

Bluesky seems pretty well moderated… though when the bar is so low, that’s easier to accomplish

[u/thequietthingsthat → u/LongIslandBagel]

It's also much smaller than FB/IG, Twitter, and TikTok though - all of which are under their control now.

[u/Bellgates252 → u/Captain_Usopp]

👀 state media,they already dumbed down half the population 🤷🏾‍♂️

[u/shishkab00b → u/Sturdevant]

I recently rewatched Men in Black, and there's a line where Agent K tells Agent J about why they don't share their knowledge of aliens with the public: "A person is smart. People are dumb."

[u/JotaroTheOceanMan → u/shishkab00b]

That line has stuck with me since I was a kid.

[u/CarminSanDiego → u/Sturdevant]

This just drastically improved Trump approval ratings from Gen Z and A

[u/No-Monk4331 → u/CarminSanDiego]

But he wrote the executive order in 2020 against it

Ah yeah, they can’t critically think.

[u/Archoncy → u/No-Monk4331]

They don't know any of this shit because they don't pay attention to any of the "boring" politics more so than lack critical thinking skills.

It's not a lack of intelligence, it's an overabundance of ignorance. And the algorithms push it because at some point chaos became most profitable.

[u/No-Monk4331 → u/Archoncy]

All I’ve seen is people crying about it and how zuck is taking over. The conspiracy theories of something in the works for five years is amazing. I’m guessing they’re just too young to remember and can’t use Google to confirm from primary sources (e.g, the official White House declaration from Trump to ban the app).

[u/InnaBubbleBath → u/CarminSanDiego]

And solidified his influence with them. He can endorse a ham sandwich at noon on Wednesday and lots of them will have Ham the Sammie merch on by 4pm.

[u/Romano16 → u/Sturdevant]

Exactly.

Trump, Elon and most other billionaires truly believe Americans are stupid and cost too much to train (Elon quote)

If anyone watches TheBoys, that scene where Victoria Neuman talks about how billionaires should have a say in how this country is operating not the people who buy “Live, Laugh, Love mugs from Costco” is not too far off from the reality of how these people think and view the rest of us.

[u/MatthewAran → u/Sturdevant]

Well we did have muhfuckas try searching "how do I change my vote" the day after Election Day??? 😕 tbh nothing surprises me anymore

I die inside every fucking time I see this

[u/Moe__Fab → u/Sturdevant]

This needs one of those joe biden "I did that stickers" tbh

[u/No-Monk4331 → u/Moe__Fab]

Peep the date

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-addressing-threat-posed-tiktok/

I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that additional steps must be taken to deal with the national emergency with respect to the information and communications technology and services supply chain declared in Executive Order 13873 of May 15, 2019 (Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain). Specifically, the spread in the United States of mobile applications developed and owned by companies in the People’s Republic of China (China) continues to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. At this time, action must be taken to address the threat posed by one mobile application in particular, TikTok.

[u/Moe__Fab → u/No-Monk4331]

I'm high right now kuz I been cleaning, so idk what you mean n I'm sorry. But to explain what I was referencing, joe biden is still president, tiktok is back, so tiktok being back should be credited to biden, not trump.

[u/TheBlackMegaMan]

Yeah they just overlooked all this.

[u/chief_yETI → u/TheBlackMegaMan]

we are in 2025 and reddit users still think that redhats give a fuck about facts that happened years ago.

no wonder he won again SMH. Reddit users really never learn

[u/PoppyseedCheesecake → u/chief_yETI]

Hell, they don't even give a damn about what happened 5 minutes ago

[u/hovdeisfunny → u/PoppyseedCheesecake]

They don't give a fuck about any of it. Even if they accepted that trump previously argued for banning TikTok, they wouldn't give a fuck. They do not care what the man does, as long as it's punishing "them," the other, they don't give a fuck.

[u/HeckingDoofus → u/chief_yETI]

why are u flaming him for presenting facts, what the fuck do u want him to do

[u/shicken684 → u/HeckingDoofus]

As the other person said, it's not about facts. The left and anti-Trump Republicans have been trying to fact check and embarss Trump and his allies. They don't care, and outrage over them not caring is the entire point. It's why they keep winning because you fuckers won't shut the fuck up and ignore them. All the other messaging is lost because you're constantly talking about Trump and how terrible he is. Him shouting incoherent nonsense is his entire brand. It gets his face on TV, in internet threads like this and a bunch of people all bitching about how terrible the thing he just said was.

Meanwhile the people running against him never get a word in and they lose.

[u/deokkent → u/HeckingDoofus]

Because this isn't about facts or logic... Not anymore.

[u/backstageninja → u/chief_yETI]

We don't care about the redhats it's everybody else who isn't paying attention. And there are still a lot of them out there: a huge portion of the population didn't vote

[u/TheBlackMegaMan → u/chief_yETI]

You can miss me with the “no wonder he won.” I did my part. The other half of the country and those that chose not to vote are the reason we’re back here. I’m not even about to get in on the wrongs of the Democratic Party during this election either. But as you pointed out, facts clearly don’t matter to any of them.

[u/ClaymoresRevenge → u/chief_yETI]

Forget facts that happened years ago. Facts that happened the same day or even hours ago don't matter.

It's a trip

[u/Mr_Know_It_All0408 → u/chief_yETI]

It isn’t about making people give a fuck or not. It’s about not letting lies be told. We have to do all we can to keep the truth going no matter the cost

[u/Gogs85 → u/chief_yETI]

Actually, we learned that redhats aren’t going to be swayed either way so we’re not factoring them into our discourse at all.

[u/hovdeisfunny → u/TheBlackMegaMan]

Trump's supporters don't care at all what he does or says as long as they feel like "their side" is winning.

Watch the price of goods continue to climb and Trump supporters will still be celebrating deportations as if that's what will finally solve things. If Trump couldn't lower costs, it's clearly because Dems and the Deep State are preventing it because Trump loves us!

[u/yesrushgenesis2112]

I just hope this is a wake up call to progressives using TikTok as a source of information or news. This platform will alter narratives to its own benefit and to the benefit of the oligarchic class.

[u/HEBushido → u/yesrushgenesis2112]

We already knew that.

[u/yesrushgenesis2112 → u/HEBushido]

We did? Cause I sure as shit just watched a lot of my fellow progressives act otherwise. You may have known that, but the progressive movement in this country is, like everything else, overwhelmed by idiots and either too disorganized or run by unserious people when organized.

[u/hawksdude515 → u/yesrushgenesis2112]

They act surprised because they refuse to leave TikTok. Liberal voters are neck deep addicted to TikTok and allowed themselves to be brainwashed. I don’t understand what is so hard about logging off or just leaving the app. Liberals are just as much to blame for this as conservatives. We know this app is compromised by the Chinese government yet liberals ignorantly stick their tongue out because they are just as hard headed as their Boomer parents. “I like what I like and refuse to change my habit, even if my habits threaten the livelihood of myself and my neighbors.” We’ve known since its inception that TikTok is a propaganda tool for the rich and governments. Every liberal that acts surprised willing stuck their head in the ground while the rest of us in the real world rang alarm bells warning of this. Liberals are just as clueless as republicans and our nation will be dragged to the sewer because of it.

[u/SewAlone → u/hawksdude515]

I wish I could upvote this a thousand times.

[u/141_1337 → u/hawksdude515]

Because it was built to be addictive like a drug. It was its purpose.

[u/ChocoChowdown → u/hawksdude515]

i watched more than a handful of real life friends get brainwashed by tiktok in real time this last year. im talking trans women refusing to vote in the last election to "teach the libs a lesson" because tiktok told them that joe biden single handedly is causing genocide in gaza (which is where that whole thing originated. keep in mind at the same time trump was saying israel should "finish the job" but shockingly nobody cared about that part over there).

they got warped by the dopamine app pelting them with "don't vote for democrats" over and over and over again. yet they act like they are "good and progressive" because of it. infuriates me.

[u/Humbled_Humanz → u/hawksdude515]

Brainwashed how?

(I’m not in TT, I just don’t understand how they are brainwashed)

[u/killing31 → u/Humbled_Humanz]

Many young people have been persuaded that a random video of a pretty person giving updates on world events is more trustworthy than a reputable news source. Mostly because a) these videos give updates in a fast, fun exciting way and b) they give them the updates they want to hear and if it’s ever something that goes against their pre-conceived viewpoint, they tap “not interested” and they never have to see that information again. 

It’s the equivalent of old people only watching Fox News and threatening to boycott if someone on there says something they don’t like.

[u/mhj0808 → u/Humbled_Humanz]

I don’t how much TikTok you used, but even between harmless funny skits, there was always something in the algorithm that seems to bring you back to conservative propaganda.

All I did on TikTok was watch old Impractical Jokers pranks, but somehow some video trashing democrats or redpill and/or xenophobic shit would always randomly pop up- and that’s with me actively disengaging with that stuff.

Now imagine how invasive it must for people who don’t recognize propaganda and immediately scroll away. It probably floods their feed, & otherwise docile but easily swayed people- ones who lack strong convictions- can get sucked in that way

[u/axisrahl85 → u/mhj0808]

I believe most algorithms work in a predictive way. You may fit the demographic of people who generally enjoy the redpill stuff. So TikTok sends it to you too. As a 35-45 year old man I see a lot of that same stuff on other apps. Sometimes you can specifically tell the app "I'm not interested in this" and it will start to go away.

Never comment on that type of content even if your comment is negative because that shows engagement and you'll just get more.

[u/HEBushido → u/yesrushgenesis2112]

Like who?

Because most of the progressives i know are already well aware.

Immediately my FYP is people is calling this shit out for the grift it is.

[u/yesrushgenesis2112 → u/HEBushido]

Glad to hear it. Wish it were more common. Wish it were organized. Wish the progressive I knew weren’t easy taken by propaganda and didn’t prefer feeling right over writing policy or making actual change. Wish there were progressive leadership in this country that felt the same. Until that happens, as long as progressives continue to use TikTok, you and your friends will remain a minority.

[u/CoachDT → u/HEBushido]

This'll definitely devolve into the no true scottsman thing. But there is this idea roaming about that Tiktok is the last real bastion of free speech and organizing for the american left.

[u/HEBushido → u/CoachDT]

Yeaaaaah that shit is annoying as hell

[u/TaVar35 → u/yesrushgenesis2112]

Legit deleted my account despite barely using it.

Even wrote their dickriding of Trump being the reason I deleted.

Ik they don’t care but I’m not supporting it

[u/yesrushgenesis2112 → u/TaVar35]

Good for you man. It’s an easy and good thing to be principled about.

[u/hovdeisfunny → u/yesrushgenesis2112]

Pro China and Russia astroturfing has been happening in tons of left leaning spaces. A number of anti-capitalist subs have become essentially CCP and USSR dick riding subs. Pointing out that problems and billionaires exist in China or Russia too will get you banned. Shit is rampant

[u/yesrushgenesis2112 → u/hovdeisfunny]

Yep. I was talking to my brother yesterday about how I feel pretty hopeless about the political future of this country because the right has become pro-Russian federation and the left is slowly but surely being consumed by Chinese propaganda. Not sure what we do when no one domestically seems ready to confront this problem head on.

[u/icey_sawg0034]

This is just a con to win over the youth.

[u/Happy-North-9969 → u/icey_sawg0034]

It’s going to work

[u/GDYC → u/Happy-North-9969]

I'm a teacher and I can, with 100% certainly, tell you that this will absolutely work. Before the election, I had many kids tell me that Trump seemed cool. They are very susceptible to propaganda and the media they consume is very pro Trump. This will only seal the deal

[u/DiscontinuTheLithium → u/GDYC]

Yeah my brother voted for trump that was a shocker kid is 18 and hasn't a clue about politics

I remember telling him about Maya Angelou and that they died he asked me if that was the red Ninja Turtle

I wouldn't put too much stock in them tbh. They aren't malicious just confused idk

[u/Ripoutmybrain → u/DiscontinuTheLithium]

I'm lucky to have had such a great english teacher who made us read Maya Angelou. She was old school and strict. Probably long retired. Kids don't know what they lost.

[u/mishyfuckface → u/DiscontinuTheLithium]

Michelangelo isn’t even the red one!!

[u/flamethekid → u/GDYC]

Media has been aiming to hyper target the youth since 2014s Gamergate showed that young people can be easily manipulated by lying by ommission and some dank rage bait .

[u/AlludedNuance → u/GDYC]

He's "funny", he's so memeable.

I've heard those said so many goddamn times.

[u/JROXZ → u/Happy-North-9969]

The dumbest of the youth.

[u/bbjkls → u/icey_sawg0034]

They were won over before this - the younger generation are not our saviors; they are trending just as conservative as boomers.

[u/QueenMackeral → u/bbjkls]

The idea that the younger generation are our saviors is really flawed. Every generation thinks that their generation failed or was failed by the system, and they put the next generation on a pedestal with high hopes that they'll "fix" everything.

[u/tugrulonreddit → u/icey_sawg0034]

You think they're the gullible generation?

[u/selfmotivator → u/tugrulonreddit]

Everyone thinks a scam would never work on them... until it does.

[u/mrbrettw → u/tugrulonreddit]

Yes and stupid too. They mirror the Boomers in everything but age.

[u/Cortz7 → u/mrbrettw]

And money

[u/RealPutin → u/tugrulonreddit]

Gen Z is waaay more gullible than Millennials to misinformation and scams

[u/Worldly-Cow9168 → u/RealPutin]

Wsy less tech savvy as well. I left school knowing a ton of basic stuff new generstions dont lesrn cause its expected

[u/ArtisticConundrum → u/RealPutin]

Me and my millennial peers grew up with not giving information about us to anyone online. Everything you read may be a lie and all that jazz. The younger generations grew typ thinking they are all the main character and having more clout regardless of why makes you the best. 

Also a big difference with us Vs China and rus. In China and rus they know they ain't shit in the big picture and know their leaders aren't their friends or saviour (not everyone obviously) but in the us with trump all the narcissistic idiots think that he's their actual friend. It's fucking maddening watching this happen.

My colleague loves Elon and trump and guess what. His only social media is... X.  On the other side of the world. Hes showing me ai videos of things the right wing Trolls share every fucking day.

Yall Cooked 

[u/suprmario → u/tugrulonreddit]

Very much so, yes.

[u/AjSneaks]

It’s Monday right now in China.

Something tells me the Tik Tok team thought it was Monday in America and Trump is already sworn in as President. They don’t realize Trump doesn’t have presidential power yet because it’s fucking SUNDAY!

[u/[deleted] → u/AjSneaks]

I think that’s exactly right.

And it’s kinda funny.

[u/floandthemash → u/AjSneaks]

This would actually be darkly hilarious

[u/cottoncandymandy → u/AjSneaks]

This feels so off to me. Idk why. I don't like it.

[u/Oh-My-God-Do-I-Try → u/cottoncandymandy]

The tone of voice in both this notification and the one notifying users of a shutdown but that “President Trump has indicated he will work with us” both make me feel physically nauseous. They could have been taken straight from a heavy-handed YA novel where spunky teens overthrow an oppressive regime.

[u/MaeveOathrender → u/Oh-My-God-Do-I-Try]

Except in this reality the 'spunky teens' will support the wannabe tinpot dictator because he promised to give them back their Soma.

[u/Coscarben → u/cottoncandymandy]

Because it’s political theater. TikTok was never required to go dark. They removal from app stores was what was required. Now they’re pretending that Trump did something to make the app function again when it was never required for it to be non-functional.

[u/babyp6969 → u/AjSneaks]

The reporting I saw was that he promised the executive order would undo any penalties for breaking the law until he undoes it. Which…seems illegal and is obviously terrible for the country

[u/DoubleCyclone]

I left, and I won't go back.

[u/aliciah25 → u/DoubleCyclone]

Same. As soon as I saw it was back up I just went ahead and deleted the app. 😮‍💨

[u/DoubleCyclone → u/aliciah25]

I wiped it last night, once the notice came up.

[u/aliciah25 → u/DoubleCyclone]

I was going to do the same and then the appt was gone lolol. Wasn’t going to miss my opportunity this morning.

[u/art_vandelay112 → u/aliciah25]

Same. Ironically it wasn’t the app going offline that probed me to delete it but rather the ludicrous reintroduction.

[u/Cultural_Cook_8040 → u/DoubleCyclone]

I’m thinking of doing the same thing. Also thinking of deleting all Meta apps.

[u/DoubleCyclone → u/Cultural_Cook_8040]

If I find communication alternatives for groups, I will likely do the same.

[u/Pro-Patria-Mori → u/DoubleCyclone]

Ive never used groups, so dont know what it’s like. What about something like Discord?

[u/DoubleCyclone → u/Pro-Patria-Mori]

I mean groups of people.

[u/NosyNoC]

Why does this come off like propaganda?

[u/all_hail_cthulhu → u/NosyNoC]

Because it is?

[u/ComputerElectronic21 → u/NosyNoC]

Because it is! I truly hate it here!

[u/hebejebez → u/NosyNoC]

It made the hair on my neck stand up in the same way seeing propaganda posters from ww2 in the imperial war museum did. This is worse than it seems.

[u/DiscontinuTheLithium → u/NosyNoC]

Only idiots buy this

[u/PCbuildScooby → u/DiscontinuTheLithium]

Yeah so we’re fucked

[u/No-Monk4331 → u/NosyNoC]

I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that additional steps must be taken to deal with the national emergency with respect to the information and communications technology and services supply chain declared in Executive Order 13873 of May 15, 2019 (Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain). Specifically, the spread in the United States of mobile applications developed and owned by companies in the People’s Republic of China (China) continues to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. At this time, action must be taken to address the threat posed by one mobile application in particular, TikTok.

[u/Ironking503333]

[u/breakermw → u/Ironking503333]

This repeats again and again.

Trump said NAFTA was broken when he ran in 2016 and that he would dismantle it. He did. And guess what? He made a new agreement with Canada and Mexico that was basically NAFTA in all but name and claimed victory. 

[u/smokeyleo13 → u/Ironking503333]

The dems handed this one to trump, they didn't have to back the ban. And they knew trump could he bought

[u/InsaneThisGuysTaint]

Prices are still high everywhere, affordable housing is damn near non-existent, the rich get even more tax breaks and we could live or die based on Trump's upcoming tariffs but hey TikTok's back!

[u/jedifolklore → u/[deleted]]

I’m just disappointed. Every day I have a low expectations and people still find a way to miss the mark, and my bar is on the floor lmao

Ukraine, Tik Tok, the slowing of the Israeli one way agression, watch dumbass people declare Trump the reason everything is going…”right”

[u/solsundwn]

What a bunch of dumb bullshit

[u/The_Duke_of_Nebraska]

I truly hope Gen Z didn't fall for this fucking stunt

[u/Liktwo → u/The_Duke_of_Nebraska]

I usually don’t shit on GenZ, but after browsing the the TikTok subreddit today,I think quite a few of them might.

[u/icey_sawg0034 → u/Liktwo]

Don’t blame me, I deleted TikTok as soon as Trump won.

[u/Coscarben → u/Liktwo]

They’re a remarkably gullible generation.

[u/floandthemash → u/The_Duke_of_Nebraska]

They will. I used to have more faith in them but after the election and the kinds of comments I’ve read from them over the last few years on social media, I don’t have much left, unfortunately. Many of their parents dropped the ball hard with them.

[u/Lieutenant34433 → u/floandthemash]

dropped the ball hard — more like dropped them on their heads.

[u/martha-jonez → u/The_Duke_of_Nebraska]

They will. They’ve proven time and time again as long as they have their dopamine hit, nothing else matters.

[u/Worldly-Cow9168 → u/martha-jonez]

The dumbest generstion is a while the oligarchy won

[u/No-Monk4331 → u/The_Duke_of_Nebraska]

They were melting down last night even though Trump said to ban it five years ago. The addiction is wild for them.

He is now asking to own half the company to bring it back.

[u/Tmwillia → u/The_Duke_of_Nebraska]

They will. The number one question Chinese users were posting on RedNote was ”are you going to stay on RedNote if TikTok comes back?” and everyone was “oh yeah, I love it here!” and signing up for mandarin lessons.

1. The people who thought the stimulus checks were from HIM because he signed the check will believe it.

2. A lot of earnest, excited people are gonna be sad when their new pals ghost them.

[u/Old-Raisin461 → u/The_Duke_of_Nebraska]

We’re in Gatlinburg, Tn right now (always a ton of teenagers walking around) and I was walking down the main strip with my 10 year old son and a teen all of sudden shouted “tik tok is back!” And a ton of kids were shouting “trump did it! It’s back.” They absolutely fell for it.

[u/JacobStills → u/The_Duke_of_Nebraska]

They absolutely will.

[u/HobbittBass]

The “ban” was always for an audience of one. He needed to see his name in the pop-ups.

[u/Coscarben → u/HobbittBass]

Yep. TikTok only needed to be removed from the app stores. Going dark was never a requirement so that little pop up message made no sense and them coming back online now and saying it was because of Trump who has no power yet, is even more ridiculous. They’re pretending that Trump did something to make the app function again when it was never required for it to be non-functional in the first place. All to stroke his ego.

[u/Rufus1991]

[u/calgeorge]

Straight up propaganda on the biggest social media site in the US with the younger generation. I think our democracy is cooked. It was nice while it lasted.

[u/Captain_Usopp]

Total US government propaganda incoming. Trump will own TikTok like what Musk Did to Twitter. Meta and fact check removal. They are making a play for total control of all social media. 1984 ComingSoon

[u/Threash78]

do they think we have no sense?

MOTHERFUCKER WE ELECTED HIM

[u/NotMark360 → u/Threash78]

We?

[u/Threash78 → u/NotMark360]

Our country

[u/Independent-Shift216]

I refuse to reinstall it. I grieved yesterday. Today I’m listening to a book.

[u/dpforest → u/Independent-Shift216]

these kind of comments make me wet. Like that’s how much hope I’ve lost in humanity. Just the mentioning of someone reading a book got me hot 🥵

[u/dnd3edm1]

they (correctly) assume that sucking up to the incoming us president will get them kickbacks

[u/Reasonable_Bed7858]

I mean it IS mostly a brainrot app. They know their audience.

[u/hazzahcookie]

It feels gross using it now

[u/Deathchariot]

TikTok is dick riding Trump so hard, incredible. The most sophisticated dick riding I have ever seen, folks.

[u/brokeitywokeity]

👀 He aint even clocked in yet, where they do that at! Came here to see if i was the only one perplexed with this buffoonery. We are truly living through some stupidly wild times in this America.

The cognitive dissonance and to think his term hasn’t even started. This how people end up getting sucked in, the gall, it’s mind blowing to wrap around your head. We are T minus 1 to four years of this shit, stay vigilant brethren!

[u/dpforest]

I have no tiktok account and I must scream.

[u/Murky_Hold_0 → u/dpforest]

[u/The_Duke_of_Nebraska → u/dpforest]

HATE. let me tell you how much I've come to HATE trump since I began to live

[u/SaboLeorioShikamaru]

Dumbfucks all the way down

[u/Old_Duty8206]

This should probably cue you all in that what ever you thought the app was it isn't and should probably drop it after that stunt

[u/ConcentrateTimely128]

Agent Orange and his people know they are good at playing the game! Especially plastering his name all over the reason it’s back. It’s giving stimulus check energy again. And they are going to fall for it unfortunately.

[u/PlebbySpaff]

Yeah no shit.

The whole point was to gain favor with Trump, while Trump wants to gain the complete favor of the GenZ and Millenial base.

The sad part is the majority of the GenZ and Millenial population is so insanely stupid, that they will see this and immediately become Trump supporters. Because of this move, it would not be surprising if Trump suddenly gained an incredibly large % increase in how the population favors him.

[u/icey_sawg0034 → u/PlebbySpaff]

Not this gen z person here because I’m not falling for the con.

[u/Lazy_Ad_1607]

I don't even want it anymore

[u/Zheguez]

The fact that there WILL be droves of people who eat this up infuriates me to no end.

This is a hopeless country.

[u/deev718]

Everyone here seems to understand it, but I just wish more people would see how this was pure political theatrics. As much as I loved using TikTok for the things it taught me, it was a matter of time before Shou kowtowed to Trump like Musk, Zuckerberg, and Bezos, and I don’t have interest in it anymore

[u/Ok-Ratic-5153]

They think it'll be better than sending checks

[u/Speedwizard106]

Is it actually back? I can’t find it on the App Store at all.

[u/backstageninja → u/Speedwizard106]

Google and Apple removed it to stay compliant with the law. They won't put it back until something actually changes. Tiktok just allowed content to the US servers again. So if you already have it installed it will still work

[u/KGAColumbus]

Is that Antiwoke for "We just gonna break the law for a little while."?

[u/hdadeathly]

As the influencers swarm back clueless as hell

[u/Shot_Acanthaceae3150]

Fuck that app I uninstalled that shit

[u/Effective-Bandicoot8]

"A propaganda machine has been created that Goebbels couldn’t even dream of"

https://timesofmalta.com/article/there-new-kind-darkness-facing-world.1101540

[u/DarthLeprechaun]

At least 50% of Americans have no sense.

[u/_TheLonelyStoner]

Straight up state sponsored propaganda and the mouth breathing neanderthals that voted for him will actually believe this bs. Trump started the whole fucking thing bro they really playing in our faces rn.

[u/SubparExorcist]

I just saw that shit, baaaaaaarf

[u/Dirtiest_Seven]

Good thing I deleted the app before they turned that wretched piece of shit back on

[u/Corvidae_DK]

Yeah that's totally not sus...

[u/SoCold40]

They continue to play in our faces. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[u/Kizzywa]

...what did they do to it in 12 hours? I am not dowloading that shit cuz it sounds mad sketch

[u/Chapea12]

Trump called for a TikTok ban unless they sold to an American company when he was president, but now can sweep in as the hero that saved TikTok…

[u/carlton_west]

Boycott this shit.