Flip-flopper in chief? Trump’s biggest U-turns
The US president, who sent markets reeling with his on-again off-again tariffs, has changed his tune on issues from TikTok to abortion
US President Donald Trump, whose dramatic reversal on global trade tariffs sent markets reeling this week, is no stranger to the U-turn. Here are some notable examples.
TikTok ban
At the end of his first term, Trump unsuccessfully tried to ban social media network TikTok, accusing the popular platform of siphoning American user data for Beijing’s benefit.
But on the campaign trail in 2024, while courting Gen Z votes, Trump said “I like TikTok” and declared: “I’m going to save TikTok.”
He now says he is close to a deal for TikTok to find a non-Chinese buyer who would take it from its Chinese owner ByteDance to avoid it getting shut down in the United States.