If Trump ultimately does play a role in preventing the TikTok ban from going into effect, expect the move to be portrayed as some last-minute heroics. But it seems more likely that it would come as the result of some serious schmoozing by TikTok investors.

As president, Donald Trump tried to ban TikTok in 2020 but was blocked by the courts. He has since changed his position.

The head of the popular video social media site TikTok Shou Chew met with President-elect Donald Trump at his Florida Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday in what appears to be a last-ditch effort to save the app.