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TikTok\u2019s lobbyist Mac Abrams made his rounds, and guests including Trump campaign adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2025\/01\/10\/facebook-alex-bruesewitz-meta-00197413\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Bruesewitz<\/a> and Republican political activist Scott Presler rubbed elbows with former British Prime Minister Liz Truss and boxer Scott McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf anyone can negotiate a deal that keeps TikTok alive while simultaneously protecting the data of the American people, it\u2019s President Trump,\u201d Bruesewitz told the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The party&#8217;s other sponsors were Kalshi, which recently <a href=\"https:\/\/subscriber.politicopro.com\/article\/2025\/01\/donald-trump-jr-added-as-adviser-to-financial-exchange-startup-kalshi-00197806\" target=\"_blank\">named Donald Trump Jr.<\/a> as a strategic adviser, and the American Conservation Coalition.<\/p>\n<p>The night before, TikTok hosted Trump-aligned influencers and other guests to watch a Washington Capitals hockey game from a suite in the Capital One Arena. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/01\/19\/donald-trump-sign-tiktok-order-rotunda-00001782\" target=\"_blank\">Advisers to Trump have discussed<\/a> having the incoming president sign an executive order to rescue the app shortly after he\u2019s sworn in.<\/p>\n<p>The overtures to Trumpworld capped a tumultuous weekend in which TikTok shut down, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/01\/19\/tiktok-thanks-trump-returns-00199179\" target=\"_blank\">restored service<\/a> to U.S. customers on Sunday after the Supreme Court upheld a law forcing its sale or ban, and the incoming president promised he\u2019d somehow grant the company a reprieve.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok punctuated the drama with notes of appreciation to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Following the high court decision Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/01\/17\/supreme-court-upholds-tiktok-ban-00198945\" target=\"_blank\">Chew thanked Trump<\/a> in a TikTok, saying, \u201cWe are grateful and pleased to have the support of a president who truly understands our platform\u201d and adding, \u201cmore to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the app <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/01\/18\/tiktok-shutdown-before-us-ban-00199167\" target=\"_blank\">revoked access<\/a> for its U.S. users on Saturday night, it said in a pop-up message, \u201cWe are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It once again name-checked the incoming president when it restored service a day later, saying in a statement, \u201cWe thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The love was mutual.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to save TikTok because we\u2019re talking about a tremendous audience that goes to TikTok,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/video\/2025\/01\/19\/trump-we-need-to-save-tiktok-1496255\" target=\"_blank\">said at a rally<\/a> he held Sunday at Capital One Arena.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok and Trump\u2019s team have been speaking directly about how to move forward, two people granted anonymity to discuss private discussions told Blue Light News.<\/p>\n<p>Those conversations have been focused on finding a privacy and data security solution that appeases some of the national security concerns that were cited by the Supreme Court, one of the people said.<\/p>\n<p>The incoming president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/01\/19\/trump-plan-save-tiktok-00199177\" target=\"_blank\">proposed the idea of a joint venture<\/a> for TikTok, with the U.S. owning 50 percent, but it raised a raft of legal questions. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the influencers who attended Sunday\u2019s party were eager to be part of a critical national conversation \u2014 albeit with some whiplash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be here without this,\u201d said a TikToker who goes by the name Chelly and does Vivek Ramaswamy impressions on the platform. \u201cAll of the sudden the [app] shut down and then all of the sudden it came back all in one weekend. 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