Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., said President-elect Donald Trump’s opposition to a proposed ban on the video-sharing platform TikTok stems from Trump’s popularity on the app and lobbying efforts influencing his inner circle.

“With Donald Trump, it’s always some combination of two things … It’s one, flattery and inflating his ego,” Auchincloss told CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” on Friday.

“And then number two is the soft corruption and sycophancy of his inner circle. Those two threads can intertwine and they can change American policy.”

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