President-elect Donald Trump said he will “most likely” delay a ban on TikTok for 90 days after he takes office on Monday, but noted he has not made a final decision in an interview with NBC News on Saturday.
Trump said it would be “appropriate” to approve an extension for the Chinese-owned social media platform that was banned in a bipartisan law passed last year and upheld by the Supreme Court this week.
“I think that would be, certainly, an option that we look at. 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 said in the interview.
“If I decide to do that, I’ll probably announce it on Monday,” he added.
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CNN has reached out to Trump’s transition team for comment.
Without an extension, TikTok is set to go offline on Sunday. The law passed last year allows the president to delay the ban from going into effect by 90 days but requires evidence that parties working to arrange a sale of TikTok to a US-owned company have made significant progress.
TikTok’s CEO Shou Chew has met with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago home in the weeks leading up to the ban taking effect, and he is also expected to attend Trump’s inauguration on Monday.
– CNN