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President Donald Trump has already delayed a TikTok banning twice , and he said Sunday that he ’s willing to do it again .
Axios reportsthat during an consultation with NBC ’s “ fit the Press , ” Trump said that if a heap is n’t made to sell TikTok ’s U.S. mental process to American owner before the current June 19 deadline , he would cede the company another extension .
“ Perhaps I should n’t say this , but I have a slight warm spot in my heart for TikTok , ” he say .
Congress passed a law last twelvemonth banning TikTok if its parent company ByteDance did not betray the shortsighted - anatomy telecasting app , andTikTok briefly disappeared when the proscription take effect in January . Trump then hold that he woulddelay the ban for 90 daysand suggest that he ’d like to see a joint venture with U.S. ownership .
When the next deadline roll around in April , Trump give the party another 75 - day extension , noting that the Chinese government(which must approve the good deal ) was “ not very happy about our Reciprocal Tariffs . ”
