Donald Trump Says He Will ‘Most Likely’ Give TikTok 90 More Days to Avoid U.S. Ban Once in Office: ‘We Have to Look at It Carefully’
variety.comJack Dunn The fight for TikTok may not be over just yet. While speaking with NBC’s Kristen Welker on Saturday, President-elect Donald Trump said he will “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day grace period to avoid getting banned in the U.S.
once he takes office on Jan. 20. “I think that would be certainly an option that we look at,” Trump said. “The 90-day extension is something that will be most likely done, because it’s appropriate.
You know, it’s appropriate. We have to look at it carefully. It’s a very big situation.” Trump added that if he decides to save the social media giant from its Sunday deadline, he would “probably announce it” during his first day in office.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected TikTok’s appeal to remain active in the United States after its Chinese parent company ByteDance failed to sell its stake in the app to a buyer outside of China.
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