In a televised interview aired on Sunday, President Donald Trump shared that he has secured a buyer for TikTok — a group of “very wealthy people” — though he declined to identify them, promising to reveal their names in roughly two weeks.
Trump discussed the matter during an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo,” where he spoke at length about the future of the popular social media app.
Earlier in the month, Trump announced that he had signed an executive order extending the deadline by which ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, must sell off its U.S. operations. The new extension provides an additional 90 days, shifting the deadline to September 17, 2025.
“I’ve just signed the Executive Order extending the Deadline for the TikTok closing for 90 days (September 17, 2025),” he wrote on Truth Social.
This marks the third time Trump has postponed enforcement of the TikTok ban passed by Congress, which was originally slated to begin in January.
The initial delay came on January 20, his first day in office, when TikTok temporarily went offline following the ban’s implementation and a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. Trump stepped in with an executive order to halt enforcement.
The second extension came in April, when administration officials believed they were on the verge of finalizing an agreement to transition TikTok into a domestically-owned entity. That plan ultimately unraveled after China withdrew its support in response to new U.S. tariffs.
Uncertainty remains over how many more times Trump might delay the ban as talks continue in hopes of reaching a binding agreement on TikTok’s future, especially given its ownership by China-based ByteDance.
Since joining TikTok last year, Trump has gained a following of more than 15 million users and credited the app with boosting his popularity among younger Americans. Back in January, he remarked that he has a “warm spot for TikTok.”

{Matzav.com}