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.

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.

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,

President Donald Trump said he would "probably" grant an extended deadline to sell TikTok. "We have a lot of interest in TikTok."