Trump has decided to grant another extension to avoid Tiktok disturbances

President Donald Trump extend a deadline for the owner of the Tiktok social media platform To find an American buyer so that he can continue to operate in the country, the White House said on Tuesday.

Trump plans to sign a decree this week which would maintain the platform, which has around 170 million American users, during origin despite a bipartite law which prohibited it from national security problems.

The law of 2024 requires that the parent company based in Beijing of the application, Bytedance, To sell it to a non -Chinese buyer or face a national ban.

“As he said on several occasions, President Trump does not want Tiktok to become dark,” said the white house press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday.

The order will give Bytedance three more months to comply with the law, which The Supreme Court confirmed at the start of this year.

“This extension will last 90 days, which the administration will pass to work to ensure that this transaction is concluded so that the American people can continue to use Tiktok with the assurance that their data is safe and secure,” said Leavitt.

During his first mandate, Trump prohibited Tiktok by decree, arguing that it was a potential tool for a foreign opponent, China. The courts have thwarted this ban.

The law was adopted last year and had to take effect when Trump began his second presidential term.

The video sharing application briefly gone dark In the United States, just before the second inauguration of Trump, but The service has been restored After reporting that he would act.

Asset signed a decree During his first day at the office, postponing Tiktok’s ban for 75 days, giving Bytedance until April 5 to find an American buyer.

In March, Vice-president JD Vance expressed Confidence in a drop -down agreementBy saying: “There will be almost certainly a high -level agreement.”

Without an apparent buyer in April, Trump extended the deadline until Thursday.

Earlier Tuesday, he said Any disinvestment agreement should “probably get China’s approval, but I think we will get it. I think President Xi will finally approve of it”.

Trump joined Tiktok As a user a little over a year ago.