He was also the one trying to become friends with China, trying to ban an app all because it might be owned by them is a huge way to kinda break any trust that was there.

Seriously, I dont think trump understands how petty this generation is, like come on man we all move to a Chinese app where everything is in mandarin just to spite you.🤦

That's fair, it just also seems like Trump wanted a "win" under his belt to make people like him, when he was the want that really wanted to ban it in the first place.