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I’ve seen other versions of this like https://www.reddit.com/r/popculturechat/comments/1i4nm32/rip... - none of which mention Trump. I do wonder if this version (mentioning Trump) is real - the domain from the link is Foxnews…
This is what it currently says for me on the homepage when I view it:

    Sorry, TikTok isn't available right now
    
    A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now.
    
    We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!
   
    In the meantime, you can still log in to download your data.
It also says it (at the time of this writing) on: https://archive.ph/v0C6c
I was using the app throughout

First, there was a generic message:

> We regret that a U.S. law banning TikTok will take effect on January 19 and force us to make our services temporarily unavailable.

> We're working to restore our service in the U.S. as soon as possible, and we appreciate your support. Please stay tuned.

Exactly an hour later, it changed to:

> A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now.

> We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!