President Donald Trump plans to save Tiktok from going dark for a third time.
Ahead of a June 19 deadline, the president is expected to sign an executive order staving off enforcement of a law banning the app or forcing its sale, the Wall Street Journal reported.
This would be the third extension since Trump took office on January 20th.
The extension comes as Trump officials head to London for a Monday meeting with Chinese officials on a trade deal. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will be meeting at the meeting.
‘The meeting should go very well. Thank you for your attention to this matter!,’ Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.
President Donald Trump is expected to save TikTok for a third time
He and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on the phone Thursday as both sides try to repair a breakdown in trade negotiations.
Earlier this year, the administration had been working on a deal for American investors to take ownership of the popular video app but that deal fell victim to Trump’s trade war with China.
So, on April 4th, Trump signed an executive order granting a 75-day extension allowing TikTok to operate in the U.S.
‘My Administration has been working very hard on a Deal to SAVE TIKTOK, and we have made tremendous progress. The Deal requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed, which is why I am signing an Executive Order to keep TikTok up and running for an additional 75 days,’ he announced on Truth Social at the time.
Several American companies have expressed interest in having a stake in Tiktok, including Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Oracle.
TikTok is one of the most powerful media sources in America today. It has 135.79 million users in America, making it the country with the biggest audience on the map.
It also has grown to be one of the largest online shopping marketplaces with millions of dollars in daily sales.
More Americans are on TikTok than users in any other country
Congress passed the TikTok ban in 2024 with overwhelming bipartisan support demanding China lose its control of the popular video service.
Lawmakers had national security concerns that an app used by so many Americans was controlled by China and feared the Chinese company that owns, ByteDance, could use it as a way to collect information on Americans.
TikTok fought the ban all the way to the Supreme Court, calling it a violation of free speech rights, but the court upheld the law in early 2025.
ByteDance didn’t agree to terms with any US-based companies and went dark for a few hours on January 19th, the day before President Trump’s inauguration.
But Trump has fought to keep the social media site operational in the US.
After his inauguration, he signed a delay in implementing the ban, then extended it again in April and is preparing for the third extension.
Trump sees the app as a way to reach younger voter. He has indicated he’d like to come to a deal.
‘We’ll probably have to get China’s approval. China’s never easy,’ he said last week. ‘I’d like to save TikTok. I mean, TikTok was very good to me.’
