President Donald Trump recently said that if TikTok fails to reach any substantial sale proposal by June 19 (the deadline for the second extension of the TikTok ban), he will consider another extension of the ban.
In an interview with NBC on May 4 local time, Trump said, “I probably shouldn’t say this, but I do have ‘special affection’ for TikTok.” Trump believes that it is because of TikTok that he will be able to win over young voters during the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
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Thus, asked by a reporter if he intended to delay the deadline for the TikTok ban if a deal to acquire TikTok was not reached in time, Trump replied, “Probably, yes.”
“We’re very interested in TikTok. China will play an important role, so hopefully China will approve the deal,” Trump said in the Oval Office.
Only a month left until expiration
Last year the U.S. Congress passed a bill requiring TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to divest TikTok’s U.S. operations or the platform would be banned on Jan. 19 EST.
However, as soon as Trump took office, he issued an executive order extending the “sell or ban” bill until early April, and then again last month until June 19th.
Now, Trump’s plan to push back the deadline for the TikTok deal for a third time has prompted skepticism from Democratic senators. They argue that Trump does not have the authority to extend that deadline, while noting that the deal currently under discussion does not meet the relevant legal requirements.
Work on the deal in question continues to move forward ahead of the June 19 deadline, the sources said. We’ll see where TikTok’s U.S. business goes from here.
Article source: www.tiktokdatatool.com
