FILE: US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the NATO summit of heads of state and government in The Hague, Netherlands June 25, 2025. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/Pool via REUTERS
President Donald Trump is “refusing to enforce” legislation which he called for, according to USA Today columnistDace Potas.
“The most brazen example of Trump’s lawlessness is his refusal to enforce the TikTok ban,” Potas, who is the former president of Lone Conservative, said.
The TikTok ban was an idea of President Trump’s in 2020. However, the ban was passed and signed by President Joe Biden in April 2024. TikTok claimed the ban violated the First Amendment, but their appeal was denied by the Supreme Court.
“The TikTok ban is the law of the land, and Trump’s refusal to enforce it is a dereliction of his duties as president,” the conservative commentator said. “Those who are silent on it should put aside their own personal motives and bring more attention to this fact.”
A December 2024 report from the New York Times claimed Trump is now a TikTok star, with more than 14.7 million followers. Potas noted this might be why “Trump seemingly developed a soft spot for TikTok because he believes it helped him win reelection.”
“Even Trump’s guise in refusing to enforce the law – the idea that he is attempting to give TikTok time to broker a deal − doesn’t make sense,” the columnist railed. “Nothing would be more compelling for TikTok to sell the app to an American company than the ban going into effect.”
The columnist then railed against Democrats and Republicans for being “relatively quiet about this single worst example of Trump acting” lawlessly.
He then warned the members of the GOP that their inability to force Trump to enforce the law could come back to haunt them the next time Democrats are in control.
“Refusal to enforce laws is not a path Americans want our presidents to travel,” Potas said. “That slippery slope can take us to some very dangerous places.”