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Trump says will ban TikTok amid pressure on Chinese owner to sell

FILE PHOTO: Tik Tok logo is displayed on the smartphone while standing on the US flag in this illustration picture taken, November 8, 2019. [Reuters]

President Donald Trump said on Friday he would sign an executive order as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok in the United States, ratcheting up the pressure on the popular short-video app’s Chinese owner to sell it.

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