Trump is shutting down WeChat in the US but will let TikTok live until after the election

But the top line is straightforward: The Trump administration gets to say it is getting tough with China by moving to shut down one important Chinese-owned app in the US — while keeping another important Chinese-owned app, with ties to Trump supporters, running through the fall.Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the moves in a press release Friday morning, and then stated it more explicitly in an interview with Fox Business News: “For all practical purposes [WeChat] will be shut down in the US, but only in the US, as of midnight Monday.”TikTok, meanwhile, would be allowed to keep operating in the US through November 12, so existing users of the app aren’t likely to be affected. TikTok, owned by ByteDance, is a wildly popular video app that says it has 100 million users in the US.Trump and some Republican China hawks have focused attention on both companies over the summer, citing national security issues.