17.06.2025
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US President Donald Trump has once again postponed the implementation of the law that requires either the sale or blocking of TikTok in the US. The deadline, set for June 19, 2025, has been officially postponed by 90 days – until mid-September.
Despite the current legislation that ordered ByteDance to either sell TikTok’s US assets or stop its operations in the country by June 19, 2025, Trump announced that he would issue a new executive order to keep the platform in the US. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt confirmed that the new document will be signed by June 19. The reason: the president believes that “TikTok should not disappear” and the sale can still be successfully completed.
This is the third postponement since the beginning of Trump’s second presidential term in January. In March, he said he was willing to lower tariffs on China in exchange for a deal on TikTok, but Beijing did not give approval for the sale after the US announced new restrictions. The platform, used by 170 million Americans, has shown considerable political influence among young voters — it was TikTok, according to Trump, that helped him in the 2024 election.
Despite legislative demands and the position of Democrats, who claim that Trump has no legal grounds for a postponement, access to TikTok has been preserved for at least another three months. This provides additional room for negotiations, but at the same time deepens legal uncertainty and increases geopolitical tension between the United States and the PRC. Whether Trump can maintain the balance between popularity and security will be decided by the fall.
