A TikTok app is shown on a phone in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. —AP Photo/Jeff Chiu
fruit partyWASHINGTON, DC — President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he “most likely” would give TikTok 90 more days to work out a deal that would allow the popular video-sharing platform to avoid a US ban.
Trump said in an NBC News interview that he had not decided what to do but was considering granting TikTok a reprieve after he is sworn into office on Monday. A law that prohibits mobile app stores and internet hosting services from distributing TikTok to US users takes effect on Sunday.
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Article continues after this advertisement“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,” Trump told “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker in a phone interview. “We have to look at it carefully. It’s a very big situation.
“If I decide to do that, I’ll probably announce it on Monday,” he said. —AP
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