Trump said his EO will give TikTok's Chinese parent company another 75 days to sell its stake in the social media app or else be banned in the U.S.

President Donald Trump on Friday gave TikTok another 75 days to be sold or banned in the United States, one day before the deadline.

President Donald Trump said Friday that he is signing an executive order to extend TikTok’s deadline to find a non-Chinese buyer by another 75 days, giving parent company ByteDance more time to make a deal for the popular social media app.

President Trump on Friday extended social media platform TikTok's deadline to be sold or face a ban in the U.S.

Three Democratic senators are urging President Donald Trump to work with Congress to save TikTok from going dark in the US after April 5th, rather than plow ahead with plans that could leave TikTok’s service providers open to hundreds of billions of dollars in liability.

Under Mr Trump the process has run even farther off the rails. The president has no authority to delay the ban unless a deal is well under way. But on his first day in office Mr Trump signed an executive order telling the Department of Justice not to enforce the law for 75 days.

President Donald Trump said his administration was "very close" to a deal to find a buyer for TikTok, which faces a US ban if not sold by its Chinese owner

The Trump administration's decision on an American buyer for the short-video social media site TikTok will come before a weekend deadline, Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday.