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(62,455 posts) Sat Jan 18, 2025, 01:02 PM Jan 18

Trump says he will 'most likely' give TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid a ban [View all]

Source: NBC News

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DONALD TRUMP

Trump says he will 'most likely' give TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid a ban

Trump spoke to NBC News' Kristen Welker in an exclusive phone interview Saturday, discussing his plans on what to do about the popular social media app.

——— Trump said he will "probably" announce his decision on TikTok on Monday, his first day in office.Valerie Plesch / Bloomberg via Getty Images

Jan. 18, 2025, 12:28 PM EST
By David Ingram and Alexandra Marquez

President-elect Donald Trump told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker in a phone interview Saturday that he will “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban in the U.S. after he takes office Monday.

Trump said he hadn’t made a final decision but was considering a 90-day extension of the Sunday deadline for TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell to a non-Chinese-buyer or face a U.S. ban.

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-likely-give-tiktok-90-day-extension-avoid-ban-rcna188258

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Trump says he will 'most likely' give TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid a ban [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jan 18 OP

How much did that cost TikTok? sop Jan 18 #1

Trump already did a complete 180 on this. underpants Jan 18 #5

Egg farmers will be paying us to eat their eggs by then! Right, Magas? GreenWave Jan 18 #2

Does he have that power? C_U_L8R Jan 18 #3

Not that I know of (to answer your first question). NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 18 #4

There's a legal provision that allows for a 90 day reprieve. littlemissmartypants Jan 18 #12

I think he would have "discretion" over enforcement of the law... reACTIONary Jan 18 #7

One pundit said that the law contained a mechanism for that. Igel Jan 18 #8

He never said he'd do that. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 18 #9

It's in the Supreme Court ruling. littlemissmartypants Jan 18 #14

Yes. There's a legal provision that allows for a 90 day reprieve. littlemissmartypants Jan 18 #11

Yes. littlemissmartypants Jan 18 #13

That will give Elon a chance to put together his offer. louis-t Jan 18 #6

Exactly where this is headed.... HipChick Jan 18 #10

Another one of Trump's cronies is planning on buying it. LeftInTX Jan 18 #15

The dotard continues to manipulate media IzzaNuDay Jan 20 #16