Vice President Vance said a TikTok deal would be reached before Saturday’s ban enforcement deadline after President Trump’s closed-door meeting with top aides to discuss potential investors.
“It’ll come out before the deadline,” Vance said in a Thursday morning interview with Fox News.
“We’ve got to wait a couple days to continue working on it, to finalize some things, and of course we’re going to let the president announce whatever we ultimately decide,” he added.
ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, was granted a 75-day extension from the original Jan. 19 deadline to divest from the popular video-sharing app or face a permanent ban in the U.S.
Amazon, Perplexity AI, Microsoft and other U.S.-based companies have expressed interest in purchasing TikTok, which touts more than 170 million monthly users across the nation.
Trump said Sunday a TikTok deal would be reached soon.
“We’re working on TikTok. We have a lot of potential buyers. There’s tremendous interest in TikTok,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One.
“We’re dealing with China also on it because they may have something to do with it. And we’ll see how that goes. But it’s something I think you’re going to have, I’d like to see TikTok remain alive.”
