Trump Downplays Threat of China Using TikTok to Spy on Americans

President Donald Trump downplayed the national security risk posed by TikTok in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, days after offering the social video app a reprieve from legislation that would have forced it to shut down.

“Is it that important for China to be spying on young people, on young kids, watching crazy videos?” Trump said.

The US leader suggested all electronic products manufactured in China could carry a spying risk, adding that TikTok’s was not the most serious of them.

“They make your telephones and they make your computers and they make a lot of other things,” ...