WHITE HOUSE CONFIRMS EXTENSION OF TIKTOK SALE DEADLINE – Trump is set to sign an additional executive order to keep TikTok up and running
U.S. President Donald Trump will extend a June 19 deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of short video app TikTok by 90 days despite a law that had mandated a sale or a shutdown absent significant progress, the White House has said.
Trump has already twice granted a reprieve from the enforcement of a congressionally mandated ban on TikTok that was supposed to take effect in January. “President Trump will sign an additional executive order this week to keep TikTok up and running,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.