Trump has reversed his position on the popular app, having tried to ban it during his first term in office over national security concerns. He joined the TikTok during his 2024 presidential campaign and his team used it to connect with younger voters, especially male voters, by pushing content that was often macho and aimed at going viral.

Trump told the Supreme Court he can negotiate a solution to the legal battle over TikTok's survival in the United States.

President-elect Donald Trump has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to pause implementation of a law that would ban popular social media app TikTok or force its sale, arguing he should have time after taking office to pursue a "political resolution" to the issue.

Donald Trump has turned to the United States Supreme Court and filed a brief asking it to delay a potential incoming ban on TikTok.

A U.S. law against Chinese-owned TikTok evokes the censorship regimes put in place by the United States' authoritarian enemies, free-speech advocates told the Supreme Court on Friday. In an amicus filing,

Trump wants to delay the January 19 deadline, the day before Inauguration, to allow his administration to negotiate a resolution.

The president-elect said that pushing back a potential ban on TikTok would give him time to negotiate a way to “save the platform.”

President-elect Trump asked the Supreme Court to delay the deadline for a potential TikTok ban, which is slated for the day before his inauguration. The court has agreed to hear TikTok’s challenge to the potential ban on an expedited schedule,

Ahead of the Supreme Court’s Jan. 10 hearing on whether to grant TikTok an emergency injunction to prevent it from being banned by the U.S. government, several groups and members of Congress have weighed in on the issue — both against the law,