Trump is planning to extend the deadline given to TikTok again.

 U.S. President Donald Trump is looking to give TikTok a break by pushing back the deadline for its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to wrap up a deal to sell TikTok's U.S. operations. 

With the current deadline coming up in mid-June and trade talks with China hitting a snag, Trump is set to sign an executive order that would hold off on enforcing a law that would either ban TikTok or make it sell, as per a report from The Wall Street Journal that had sources close to the president's plan.

This move would be the third time Trump has extended the deadline since he took office in January. The current extension ends on June 19, according to a report checked by Al Arabiya Business.

The White House had been helping with a deal that would let investors own a U.S.-run version of TikTok, but this hit a few bumps due to the heavy tariffs Trump slapped on Chinese imports back in early April.

Officials have said that the same plan is still an option, but until the issues with Beijing get sorted, a deal seems unlikely.

On April 4, Trump signed an executive order that gave TikTok a 75-day extension so the app can keep running in the U.S. while they talk terms for a deal. He also told the Justice Department not to enforce a bipartisan law passed in 2024 that would ban TikTok or force it to sell due to national security worries.

U.S. officials have raised concerns that TikTok's Chinese ownership might give Beijing a way to collect data on Americans and sway public opinion. ByteDance has asserted it hasn’t gotten any requests like that and wouldn’t comply if they did.

Trump, who was vocal about wanting to take down the video-sharing app during his first term, now sees it as a key way to connect with younger voters. He told reporters last week, "We may need to get China's thumbs up. China is never easy," adding, "I’d like to save TikTok. I mean, TikTok has been really good to me."

As part of the planned acquisition, over a dozen potential investors, including Oracle, Blackstone, Silver Lake, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, and Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Technologies, would take a stake in a U.S.-managed version of TikTok. ByteDance would hold onto less than 20% of the new company, according to sources in the know.

Administration officials thought they had good backing for this deal. But after Trump announced new tariffs, ByteDance let the White House know that China wouldn't agree to any deal until trade talks and tariffs were sorted out.

At that point, ByteDance said there wasn’t a signed agreement and that there were “key issues to resolve,” noting that “any agreement would need to go through Chinese law.”

On Thursday, Trump chatted on the phone with Chinese President Xi Jinping as trade talks fell apart, and they both agreed their teams would hold another round of trade discussions soon.

TikTok didn’t come up during their phone call, according to one official. On Friday, Trump said that his trade negotiators were set to meet with Chinese reps on Monday in London.

Some Republicans have called out Trump for ignoring the law that Congress passed with bipartisan support and that the Supreme Court upheld. Still, Congress, which is run by Republicans, hasn’t shown much interest in stopping Trump’s moves.

According to a Trump administration official, "TikTok" wasn’t brought up on the Thursday phone call. On Friday, Trump mentioned that his trade negotiators would get together with Chinese representatives on Monday in London.

Some Republicans are taking issue with Trump ignoring the law passed by Congress that had support from both sides and was backed by the Supreme Court. Yet, Congress hasn’t seemed keen on getting in the way of Trump’s actions.