“As he has said many times, President Trump does not want TikTok to go dark. This extension will last 90 days, which the administration will spend working to ensure this deal is closed so that the American people can continue to use TikTok with the assurance that their data is safe and secure,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement on Tuesday.
It is the third time Trump has extended the deadline. The first one was through an executive order on Jan. 20, his first day in office, after the platform went dark briefly when a national ban — approved by Congress and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court — took effect. The second was in April when White House officials believed they were nearing a deal to spin off TikTok into a new company with U.S. ownership that fell apart after Chine backed out following Trump’s tariff announcement.
It is not clear how many times Trump can — or will — keep extending the ban the government continues to try to negotiate a deal for TikTok, which is owned by China’s ByteDance. While there is no clear legal basis for the extensions, so far there have been no legal challenges to fight them.
BBC reported: President Donald Trump has extended the deadline for TikTok’s sale in the US for a further 90 days.
The video-sharing app has faced questions over its future after the US passed a law last year requiring the app to be banned unless sold by its Chines parent company, ByteDance.
Lawmakers said it posed a risk to national security – something TikTok denies.
Trump, who vowed to save TikTok during his presidential campaign, signed an executive order on Thursday which has delayed the date for enforcing the law for a third time.
In a statement, TikTok said it was “grateful for President Trump’s leadership and support” in keeping the app online for its 170m US users.
“We continue to work with Vice President Vance’s Office,” it added.
A deal for the sale of TikTok in the US by ByteDance must now be reached by 17 September, Trump said in a post on his platform Truth Social.
NBC News reported: President Trump has extended the deadline for TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the short-form video app to an American owner by another 90 days.
On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order granting a third extension for the Chinese company to sell its platform so it can continue to operate in the United States.
“I’ve just signed the Executive Order extending the Deadline for the TikTok closing for 90 days (September 17, 2025). Thank you for your attention to this matter! Trump said on Truth Social.