"Without TikTok, you can make Facebook bigger, and I consider Facebook to be an enemy of the people," Trump, who was formerly U.S. president between 2017 and 2021, said in a CNBC TV interview Monday.

Acknowledging his concerns around national security and data privacy over TikTok, Trump said, "there's a lot of good and there's a lot of bad" with the platform.

"There are a lot of people on TikTok that love it. There are a lot of young kids on TikTok who will go crazy without it," Trump said.

"If China wants anything from TikTok, they will give it, so that's a national security risk that goes up," Trump acknowledged. "But when I look at it, I'm not looking to make Facebook double the size. And if you if you ban TikTok, Facebook and others — but mostly Facebook — will be a big beneficiary, and I think Facebook has been very busy."

"I think Facebook has been very bad for our country, especially when it comes to elections," Trump added.

There's a revolving door between US intelligence and silicon valley. Lots of "ex" CIA at Facebook.

mintpressnews.com/meet-ex-cia-agents-deciding-facebook-content-policy/281307

Tik tok owners got to him. He wanted to shut it down when he was President.

Too bad he's only mad about "censorship"

Facebook did wonders for his campaign in 2016

And the Dems blame Facebook for him getting elected in the first place, Big Zuck can't catch a break