Overview

• Jake Advent, the president’s former social media producer, publicly urged appointing the 19-year-old to a top role on the platform’s U.S. board.
• The White House last month approved a transfer of TikTok’s U.S. operations to an American investor consortium, though the transaction is still pending.
• Vice President J.D. Vance has cited a roughly $14 billion valuation for the U.S. venture and says American investors would control the algorithm.
• President Trump returned to TikTok this week, posting a video claiming he “saved” the app for its young users.
• Barron Trump has not commented on the idea; recent reports say he is living at the White House while attending NYU’s Washington, D.C., campus.