Informed sources revealed that President-elect Trump met with TikTok CEO Zhou Shouzi at Mar-a-Lago on the 16th local time. At a press conference that day, Trump stated, "We will look into TikTok; you know, I have a good impression of TikTok." On the 13th of this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected TikTok's previous application for a temporary restraining order. Earlier, TikTok submitted an emergency motion to prevent the "ban if not sold" bill. TikTok announced plans to submit the case to the Supreme Court.