{"id":2392117,"date":"2025-01-18T14:18:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T19:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-expected-to-give-tiktok-90-day-extension-to-avoid-us-ban-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-18T14:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T19:18:56","slug":"trump-expected-to-give-tiktok-90-day-extension-to-avoid-us-ban-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-expected-to-give-tiktok-90-day-extension-to-avoid-us-ban-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump expected to give TikTok 90-day extension to avoid US ban &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-expected-to-give-tiktok-90-day-extension-to-avoid-us-ban-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2392117&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses President-elect Donald \u200dTrump&#8217;s potential decision to grant TikTok a 90-day extension \u2064to avoid\u200b a ban from U.S. app \u2062stores, which is\u200b scheduled to take effect\u200c soon. While Trump has not finalized his decision, \u200bhe indicated \u200dto NBC News that he is highly likely to offer this extension \u200dto allow ByteDance, TikTok&#8217;s Chinese parent\u2064 company, to find a non-Chinese buyer. Trump \u200bmentioned \u2063that the decision regarding the extension would not \u200cbe made until at least after his inauguration.\u200b He expressed that \u2064considering the extension\u2062 is\u200d an\u2062 appropriate course of action.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump expected to give TikTok 90-day extension to avoid US ban<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1938291\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump may grant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tiktok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TikTok<\/a> a 90-day extension to avoid a ban from U.S. app stores that is set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/3291648\/tiktok-go-dark-biden-nonenforcement-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">take place on Sunday<\/a>, although details on his plans are not yet clear.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump hasn&rsquo;t made a final decision on the matter, he told NBC News on Saturday, but said that he&rsquo;d &ldquo;most likely&rdquo; grant the extension to give ByteDance, the Chinese-based parent company that owns the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3287549\/gen-z-protesting-tiktok-ban-rednote-communism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-indefinitely-suspends-trump-tiktok-deal\/\" title=\"Biden Admin \u2018Indefinitely\u2019 Suspends Trump TikTok Deal\">popular social media app<\/a><\/a>, to sell to a non-Chinese buyer. A decision on that front wouldn&rsquo;t be made until at least Monday when Trump is sworn in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that would be, certainly, an option that we look at,&rdquo; Trump told the outlet. &ldquo;The 90-day extension is something that will be most likely done, because it&rsquo;s appropriate. You know, it&rsquo;s appropriate. We have to look at it carefully. It&rsquo;s a very big situation,&rdquo; Trump said in the phone interview.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3284826\/inauguration-day-2025-donald-trump-jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">INAUGURATION DAY 2025: EVERYTHING TO KNOW AHEAD OF TRUMP TAKING OFFICE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A possible extension comes after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3286767\/supreme-court-upholds-tiktok-divestment-law-teeing-up-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Supreme Court ruled on Friday<\/a> to uphold a law passed by Congress last year and signed by President Joe Biden to ban the app on online stores in the United States unless ByteDance divested from the platform. The bill allows for the U.S. government to grant one 90-day extension if approved by the president.<\/p>\n<p>But to do so, the president must first prove there is &ldquo;significant progress&rdquo; on a path toward divestiture and that parties have &ldquo;binding legal agreements to enable execution of such qualified divestiture during the period of such extension.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear whether the ban will be implemented right away. Biden says he does not plan to enforce the law on his last day in office, instead placing the responsibility in Trump&rsquo;s hands. However, TikTok said it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/3291648\/tiktok-go-dark-biden-nonenforcement-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">plans to &ldquo;go dark&rdquo;<\/a> over the weekend until it receives &ldquo;clarity and assurance&rdquo; about how the U.S. will proceed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration brushed off that threat, with White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre calling it a &ldquo;stunt.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have seen the most recent statement from TikTok. It is a stunt, and we see no reason for TikTok or other companies to take actions in the next few days before the Trump Administration takes office on Monday,&rdquo; Jean-Pierre said in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Jean-Pierre advised the company should work with the incoming administration on the matter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&ldquo;We have laid out our position clearly and straightforwardly: actions to implement this law will fall to the next administration,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;So TikTok and other companies should take up any concerns with them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump has gone back and forth on his support for the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">popular social media ban<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-desantis-it-sure-looks-like-hypocrite-dems-dont-want-illegals-in-their-affluent-neighborhoods\/\" title=\"Gov. DeSantis: It Sure Looks Like Hypocrite Dems Don&#039;t Want Illegals In Their Affluent Neighborhoods\">initially calling<\/a> for a TikTok ban during his first presidential term. However, he has since softened his position and told supporters in a post on Truth Social on Friday that his stance will be &ldquo;made in the not too distant future, but I must have time to review the situation. Stay tuned!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trump has invited TikTok CEO Shou Chew to attend his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">inauguration<\/a> on Monday, along with a slew of other tech executives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1938291\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1938291\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump may grant TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid a U.S. ban<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2392118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TikTok-Banned-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[10344,6248,3634,48764,32076],"class_list":["post-2392117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-extension","tag-tiktok","tag-trump","tag-us-ban","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TikTok-Banned-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2392117"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2392121,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392117\/revisions\/2392121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2392118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2392117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2392117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2392117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}