President Donald Trump said he would “probably” extend his April 5 deadline for TikTok to be sold or banned, raising the possibility a deal might not be made after expressing optimism last month that TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, would reach an agreement with a U.S. buyer before then.
President Donald Trump said Thursday he would "probably" extend the April 5 deadline for TikTok's ... [+]
Trump said “probably” when asked by a reporter on Thursday whether he would be willing to extend the 75-day deadline he implemented via executive order in January, adding, “we have a lot of interest in TikTok . . . so hopefully China will approve of the deal.”
TikTok went dark for about 12 hours on Jan. 19, the day before the deadline Congress set for ByteDance to find a buyer—but the app was restored after Trump vowed to extend the deadline.
The law only allows Trump to extend the deadline for 90 days, however, and only if there’s evidence ByteDance is working toward a sale.
This is a developing story and will be updated.