During an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” President Donald Trump responded to a question on whether TikTok is worth the damage its done to kids in light of some of the statements made on the platform about Charlie Kirk’s assassination by stating he did well on the platform and “they also said mostly positive about Charlie, the statements on TikTok, and other places.”
Host Martha MacCallum asked, “You just mentioned the TikTok deal with China, and among the many conversations that have happened in the aftermath of the assassination of your good friend Charlie Kirk has been the terrible effects that social media has had on young people, and among the platforms that have been spewing this hatred and these cheering people about Charlie Kirk’s assassination is TikTok. So, the question is, is it worth it for the damage that it has done, in many ways, to our kids?”
Trump answered, “So, I didn’t know too much about TikTok, and, Charlie, actually recommended it to me…and I went on TikTok, and I really hit big. … You’re right, they said negative, but they also said mostly positive about Charlie, the statements on TikTok, and other places. Now, look, I saw on Fox, and I saw on others some of the quotes that people made that were so horrible, and you say, where do these people live, where do they come from? They said horrible things about the death of Charlie. And I guess we just have sick people out there. Even if you didn’t like him, you can’t say the kind of things that they say, but that was long beyond TikTok.”
Later, MacCallum asked, [relevant exchange begins around 7:35] “[W]hat would you say to parents who are worried about kids getting deep into these holes on the Internet, spending too much time gaming?”
Trump responded, “They should be worried.”
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