Trump Says He'll Extend TikTok Deadline If No Deal Reached By Next Month

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post/Reuters

May 4, 2025, 01:04 PM EDT


WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he would extend the June 19 deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of TikTok, the short video app used by 170 million Americans, if no deal had been reached by then.

“I would ... I’d like to see it done,” Trump told the NBC News program “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker” in an interview taped on Friday at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, that is airing across the United States on Sunday.

Trump said he had a “sweet spot” for the app after it helped him win over young voters in the 2024 presidential election, adding, “TikTok is- it’s very interesting, but it will be protected.”

Trump has already twice granted a reprieve from enforcement of a congressionally mandated ban on TikTok that was initially due to take effect in January.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-extend-tiktok-deadline-deal_n_68179b2ce4b08041c58c5ec8

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These "extensions" are violating the law that allowed one 90-day extension if a sale was in progress, otherwise the ban of it would go into effect.

[jls4561]

1. Who's guessing he's holding out for a bigger bribe?

[JoseBalow]

2. Self-enrichment motivates every single thing he does

It's not the money, it's the money.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. I know Bezos had made a bid to buy it

and then suddenly there is chatter about him selling some of his Amazon stock... So...

I also think that Oracle was also interested since they manage the backend, so there may be some juggling of possible ownership stake going on behind the scenes.

[underpants]

3. He did a quick 180 on this

I guess someone 😉 talked to him.

But Congress had acted so….

[PJMcK]

5. Show your hand, Trump

It’s a negotiating tactic that always works.

For your opposite.

Idiot.

[quakerboy]

6. Seems pointless.

The advertisers all, as far as i can tell, were reliant on cheap Chinese merchandise to sell. Adding tariffs should about kill the advertising budget, which should see the app in decline.