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Donald Trump is now to the left of President Biden when it comes to TikTok – with Biden telling reporters recently that if Congress passes a bipartisan proposal that could ban the Chinese-owned video-sharing app on national security grounds, "I'll sign it."

The comment came after the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously passed the bipartisan bill that would force the sale of TikTok by ByteDance, or face a ban in the United States. According to Punchbowl News, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise wants it on the floor Wednesday of this week.

Former President Trump, however – despite repeatedly pushing for a TikTok ban or sale when he was President, has done a complete 180 on the company – and now claims that TikTok, the national security risk, should be allowed to continue on because getting rid of it would benefit Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook.

"If you get rid of TikTok, Facebook and Zuckerschmuck will double their business," Trump posted to Truth Social.

He reiterated the comments in a Monday appearance on CNBC.

Earlier in Trump's answer he seemingly blamed 'lobbyists' for Congress's inability to ban TikTok when he was president.

…yet, that appears to be exactly what happened to Trump – who recently met with billionaire fund manager and GOP donor Jeff Yass, who has a stake in TikTok worth more than $30 billion, according to Punchbowl News.

On Sunday, The National Pulse reported that former Trump aide Kellyanne Conway has begun lobbying for TikTok – and is "claiming regulatory ‘guardrails’ would be better, peddling the pro-CCP line to Congress members."

It couldn't be more transparent what happened:

Meanwhile, potential Trump VP Vivek Ramaswamy also began the 'it's complicated' messaging on TikTok. Hmm…

According to Punchbowl, Trump's TikTok flip-flop, "has caused a big headache inside the House GOP leadership," as Speaker Mike Johnson, Steve Scalise and GOP Conference chair Elise Stefanik (a possible Trump VP pick) are solidly behind the TikTok bill – with Stefanik being a cosponsor.

Trump's shift has not gone unnoticed.

Maybe Trump should keep bragging about his 'safe and effective' vaccine while he's at it…