Donald Trump has said he will “most likely” give the Chinese-owned TikTok app a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban in the US after he takes office on Monday morning.

The incoming president said on Saturday, in an interview with NBC News, that he was considering the extension on a Sunday deadline laid down for the parent company of the wildly popular app to sell TikTok to a non-Chinese-buyer or face a ban under US law.

“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 phone interview.

“If I decide to do that, I’ll probably announce it on Monday,” he said.

  • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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    2 days ago

    This 90 days will become indefinite. It's probably not a coincidence that the ban was set to go in effect the day before Trump begins his term.

    • spectre [he/him]
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      2 days ago

      Cause liberals thought it would be a bad look for Trump to undo the ban?

      • FishLake@lemmygrad.ml
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        2 days ago

        Uh yeah, duh. Their internal polling of 50-75 year old career politicians shows that TikTok is incredibly unpopular.

      • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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        2 days ago

        Either that, or they wanted him to be stuck with the policy that would likely be quite unpopular.

        • spectre [he/him]
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          1 day ago

          There's no way he can wriggle his way out of this jam!

          • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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            1 day ago

            He gives Tiktok a 90 day extension, and Tiktok even mentions him on the app, clearly giving him credit for the act "Ah, well nevertheless..."