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“We’re gonna watch the security concerns,” Trump told reporters,
but added, “We have buyers, American-buyers,” and “until the
complexity of things work out, we just extend a little bit
longer.”
The first extension 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 China backed out following Trump’s tariff
announcement.
His comments follow the White House starting a TikTok account
this week.
“I used TikTok in the campaign,” Trump said.
“I’m a fan of TikTok,” he said. “My kids like TikTok. Young
people love TikTok. If we could keep it going.”
As the extensions continue, it appears less and less likely that
TikTok will be banned in the U.S. any time soon. The decision to
keep TikTok alive through an executive order has received some
scrutiny, but the administration has not faced a legal challenge
in court — unlike many of Trump’s other executive orders.
Americans are even more closely divided on what to do about
TikTok than they were two years ago.
A recent Pew Research Center survey found that about one-third
of Americans said they supported a TikTok ban, down from 50% in
March 2023. Roughly one-third said they would oppose a ban, and
a similar percentage said they weren’t sure.
Among those who said they supported banning the social media
platform, about 8 in 10 cited concerns over users’ data security
being at risk as a major factor in their decision, according to
the report.
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