In 2022, Congress passed a law requiring executive branch agencies to remove TikTok from federal devices over security concerns surrounding its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. Donald Trump previously supported banning TikTok in the U.S. over security concerns about the app. Mr. Trump is compounding his blunder of letting TikTok continue operating in the U.S.”Security concerns surrounding TikTok have been prevalent for years. In April 2024, another bipartisan bill was passed by Congress that would ban TikTok in the U.S. unless ByteDance sold the app to an American company. “TikTok presents a larger risk, and Mr. Trump is mistaken if he thinks it doesn’t.”