TikTok Hawks Tapped for Jobs Contrast With Trump’s Murky Stance
- Longtime China critic Helberg named under secretary of State
- Rubio pushed for congress’s TikTok divest-or-ban law last year
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Some of the loudest US critics of TikTok are set to occupy senior roles in the next Trump administration, providing counterweights to the incoming president’s newfound openness to the popular Chinese-owned app as it faces an American ban.
Besides nominating Senator Marco Rubio Secretary of State, President-Elect Donald Trump announced he wants China hawk Jacob Helberg to be the under secretary responsible for economic and tech-related issues. Brendan Carr, long an opponent of TikTok, has been tapped to lead the Federal Communications Commission.