They should redirect US users to a walled garden that says "Trump is against the ban. Vote Trump 2024" and see how quickly they reverse this. Oh political interference? Trump is all about that too.

Oh man, imagine what hellscape awaits us under a second Trump administration. Glory to Arstotzka!

while i'm obviously sure it's a bluff, pulling out instead of selling would be the clearest admittance that tiktok is (or at that point: was) not about the profit, but about Chinese influence in the US. the message being "we rather leave a hudred billion dollars on the table than give away our surveillance technology to some US company."

but yeah, they will def. sell if they need to.

Very unlikely.

Leaving US in darkness

Let's be honest, this is only their outlook until the courts make their decision. They'll sell if that doesn't go in their favour.