President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has signed an executive order granting a 90-day extension for ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. assets, moving the new deadline to September 17, 2025.
“I’ve just signed the Executive Order extending the Deadline for the TikTok closing for 90 days,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The extension marks the third reprieve granted by the administration. The original divestment deadline, enforced by a bipartisan congressional mandate, was set to take effect in January but has faced repeated delays amid ongoing negotiations and legal challenges.
The order keeps pressure on China-based ByteDance, which owns the popular short-video app, to sell its U.S. operations to an American company or risk a nationwide ban.
The Biden-era debate over TikTok's potential threat to national security has remained a focal point in Trump's second term, with concerns over user data and influence operations continuing to drive legislative scrutiny.
