Sen. Mark Warner: Trump ‘was right’ about TikTok risks; urges parents to be cautious
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., says President Donald Trump had it right when he said President Xi Jinping needs to address what the U.S. calls an “outdated business model” and that the U.S. should be “more concerned about what’s happening inside China than what happens in China.”
“I think the president was right to be more concerned about the behavior of the Chinese government and not to just look the other way because maybe it’s what’s going on there that we need to know about,” Warner told reporters on Tuesday.
“I don’t want to be naive about this, but I do think it’s incumbent on us to stand up for our national security interests,” he said.
The Commerce Department blocked Friday’s Chinese TikTok ban in part because of the social media’s role as a driver of “the Chinese government’s domestic propaganda machine.”
“I agree with the president that what the Chinese have done today is wrong and, at a minimum, that it needs to be addressed by the Chinese people and government,” Warner said.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., says President Donald Trump had it right when he said President Xi Jinping needs to address what the U.S. calls an “outdated business model” and that the U.S. should be “more concerned about what’s happening inside China than what happens in China.”
Warner said he is concerned about the behavior of the Chinese government and doesn’t want to be naive about this, but he does think it’s incumbent on the U.S. to stand up for its national security interests.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said in a statement on Tuesday that he believes that the Trump administration’s ban on the popular Chinese social media company “is the right decision.”
He said it’s important for the U.S. to “stand up for our national security interests and to be tough on the Chinese, not just