WASHINGTON: Trump took credit for the release of the first hostages from Gaza, rejecting Biden, who also took credit for the deal. “We’ve accomplished more without being president than they’ve accomplished in the four years we’ve been president,” Trump said of the moment hours before his inauguration. Trump praises TikTok’s comeback “As of today, TikTok is back,” Trump said to loud applause at a pre-inauguration rally in Washington. Trump credited TikTok for helping him do much better with young voters than it has historically done with Republicans. “Honestly, we have no choice. We have to save it. A lot of work. We don’t want to give our business to China. We don’t want to give our business to other people.” Trump suggested he would use his leverage to seek a joint venture in which the U.S. government would own half of the company without putting up any money. “So whether you like TikTok or not, we’re going to make a lot of money,” Trump said. Trump boasts about the economic outlook Since the election, “the stock market has soared” and “Bitcoin has broken one record after another,” Trump says. Trump is staying consistent with the framework he often used in his campaign, criticizing Biden’s term as a “failed administration” and vowing to “end the reign of a failed and corrupt political establishment.” “Tomorrow, at noon, the curtain closes on four long years of American decline and we begin a brand new day of American strength and prosperity, dignity and pride,” he told his supporters.
