Trump praises Tiktok for helping him gain traction with younger voters. Now he says that the Chinese owner will “probably” extend the deadline again to sell it
President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed that it is likely that Tiktok’s Chinese owners will extend the deadline for selling the popular video sharing app.
Trump had signed an order in early April to continue running Tiktok for another 75 days after a potential deal to sell the app to American owners came on ice.
“Maybe it is,” he replied when asked by an Air Force 1 reporter whether the deadline would be extended again.
“We probably need to get China’s approval, but we think we’ll get it. I think President XI will eventually approve it.”
He showed to an Last month’s interview At NBC, he’ll be open to pushing the deadline back again.
If announced, this is the third time Trump has extended the deadline. The first was made through his first day’s executive order on January 20th, after the platform briefly darkened at the time of the ban. Approved by the Congress – and upheld by the US Supreme Court – enacted. The second was Aprilwhen White House officials believed they were approaching a deal to spin off Tiktok into a new company, with US ownership that collapsed after China retreated after Trump’s tariff announcement.
That’s not clear How many times or how many Trumps can continue expanding? The government’s ban continues to seek to negotiate a Tiktok contract owned by Chinese ordinances. Trump has attracted over 15 million followers in Tiktok He participated last yearand he believes in the trendsetting platform by helping to gain traction among younger voters. He said in January he has a “warm place in Tiktok.”