In a post on Truth Social, Trump also laid out what he thinks a “qualified divestiture” of TikTok by ByteDance could look like.

After the Supreme Court and Biden administration declined to step in, TikTok shut down its app on Saturday night. Trump says he'll issue an executive order to delay its implementation.

The president-elect on Sunday said his TikTok executive order would "extend the period of time before the law's prohibitions take effect."

Some users saw the social media app come back online on Sunday, following a shutdown when a federal law went into effect requiring a sale or ban.

The president-elect unveiled plans for a Day One executive order to save TikTok from a ban, which is immediately raising a host of legal questions.

The app’s availability in the U.S. has been thrown into jeopardy over data privacy and national security concerns.

STATEMENT FROM TIKTOK: In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service. We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170…

Even if temporary, the unprecedented shutdown of TikTok will have an impact on U.S.-China relations, domestic politics, the social-media marketplace and millions of Americans who depend on the app.

One day before his inauguration, president-elect Donald Trump pledged to issue a day one executive order intended to save TikTok, despite being a main proponent of a ban during his first term. Posting to Truth Social on Jan.

Trump’s brief message lays out his intention to seek partial American ownership of TikTok, but it isn’t clear he has authority to suspend the law that shut it down this weekend.

Trump announced the decision in a post on his Truth Social account on Sunday as millions of TikTok users in the U.S. awoke to discover they could no longer access the TikTok app or platform.