Donald Trump to extend the deadline for Tiktok, the White House says

Tiktok will live for at least another three months in the United States, where President Donald Trump is preparing to extend a date for sale or ban the deadline for the third time since he took office this year.

“President Trump will sign an additional executive this week to keep Tiktok in running,” said White House press secretary Caroline Levitte on Tuesday.

The famous video sharing application in the United States was supposed to be banned after its Chinese owner, bytedance, refused to sell it to an American buyer by a final date in January.

Tiktok and Bytedance did not immediately respond to the BBC comment requests.

Levitte said that the 90 -day extension “will ensure the closure of this deal so that the American people can continue to use Tiktok while emphasizing that their data are safe and safe.”

Before the Levitt announcement, Trump BBC said It is “perhaps” extending tiktok.

“We may have to obtain the approval of China,” Trump said. “I think we’ll get it. I think President Shi will finally agree to it.”

When asked if he had the legal basis for extending the deadline, he replied, “We are doing.”

Trump’s extension is inconsistent with the will of Congress, which has passed a sale or ban last year. His ancestor, former President Joe Biden, immediately signed the bill in the law.

The law aimed to address the fears that China could use in Tiktok, which has 170 million American users, as a tool for espionage and political manipulation.

The Supreme Court approved a minimum court and supported the law in January before Trump took office.

The platform appeared shortly for a few hours during the weekend before Trump’s inauguration.

Tiktok Trump praised to save the platform after it became available again.

Trump tried to impose the sale of Tiktok to an American buyer in 2020, during his first term in his post.

But last year, Trump said he loved the platform because he believed that he helped him win the 2024 presidential elections.

“I have a warm place in my heart to Takhtok, because I won the youth with 34 points,” Trump said, although most young voters supported the Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris, “Trump said in December.

Trump’s extensions unilaterally pushed some analysts to reject the idea that the embargo may take place at all during his position in his position.

“What a ban is? There is nothing” waving on the horizon “about the possible TIKTOK prohibition,” said Kelissi Chering, the lead analyst at Forster.

“Tiktok’s behavior also indicates that they are confident in their future, as they launch new AI’s video tools at Cannes this week.”

“The smaller players, like Snap, will try to steal the participation during this” unintended time “, but they will not succeed because this next round of Tiktok is not at all uncertain.”

The Trump administration said in April that the United States and China have been close to a deal that would put the majority of control over American Tijook under US property. This deal has not yet been achieved.

“There are major things that must be resolved,” said a spokesman for Biotans at the time. “Any agreement will be subject to approval under Chinese law.”

Trump said he would be open to his vision sold to the cloud computing giant Oracle, whose co -founder Larry Ellison has long been an ally in Trump.

Canadian businessman Frank McCort, Canadian businessman Kevin Olieri and founder of Reda Alexis Ohhanian are part of the offer of another platform.

The largest YouTube in the world, Jimmy Donaldson – also known as Mrbeast – said he is also interested in buying Tiktok as part of a different group of investors.