U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he would "probably" extend TikTok's (BDNCE) deadline to avert a looming ban on the short video content platform, which is used by nearly half of America's population.

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President Donald Trump said he would “probably” extend the deadline for the sale for social video app TikTok if a deal is not reached by April 5.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is “probably” going to extend the TikTok sale deadline. An executive order signed by Trump gave the social media’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, 75 days to sell its interests.

TikTok shut down briefly in January in accordance with a law Congress passed requiring TikTok and other digital platforms controlled by “foreign adversaries” to be sold or banned.

US President Donald Trump stated that he likely will extend the deadline for the sale of the TikTok app if an agreement is not reached by the initial deadline. He emphasized that the US has a significant interest in the social media platform,