[ternnoburn]

The law has a provision permitting the President to grant 90 day exceptions. Trump has indicated he'll sign one tomorrow. This isn't going around the law, it's just the law as written. We can debate whether the law was good or bad, but this is an outcome the law directly supports.

[JumpCrisscross]

> law has a provision permitting the President to grant 90 day exceptions

“A 1-time extension of not more than 90 days,” § 2(A)(3) [1].

[1] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-17758/pdf/COMPS-17...

[foobarbecue]

Except it doesn't sound like he's satisfied any of the criteria, unless he's promising to buy it himself:

(A) a path to executing a qualified divestiture has been identified with respect to such application; (B) evidence of significant progress toward executing such qualified divestiture has been produced with respect to such application; and (C) there are in place the relevant binding legal agree- ments to enable execution of such qualified divestiture during the period of such extension

[ternnoburn]

Yep! Thanks for finding the source. I was on my phone, couldn't get the actual text.

[blackeyeblitzar]

It says the conditions of the extension must be certified to Congress. That means the deal is identified, has been significantly executed, and legally binding. I doubt Trump has any of that, which is probably why he’s resorting to an executive order.

More worryingly he stated in his Truth social post that he’s seeking 50% ownership. That doesn’t meet the definition of divestiture in this bill, since China would still effectively steer operations, including content recommendations.

[rayiner]

That requires a legal agreement to divest to be in place, which I suspect isn’t the case yet.

That being said, the law is enforceable today and Biden said he won’t enforce it.

[kelnos]

The president can grant one 90-day exception, if certain conditions are met. Those conditions have not been met.