President Trump reportedly preparing executive order to extend TikTok ban, marking third extension

In the United States, a TikTok ban has been passed, forcing TikTok to choose between 'selling its business' or 'suspending its service in the United States.' However, President Donald Trump has issued two executive orders to suspend the TikTok ban for 75 days, and TikTok's service is still in operation at the time of writing. It has now been reported that President Trump is preparing a third extension order.

TikTok Ban: Trump Planning to Extend Deadline for the Third Time - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-tiktok-ban-extension-f242c36a

In the United States, the ' Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA) ' was enacted in April 2024. This law was discussed with the aim of targeting TikTok, which is operated by a Chinese company, and is also known as the 'TikTok Ban Act.'

The TikTok Prohibition Act stipulates that 'if TikTok does not sell its business by January 19, 2025, TikTok's service provision and app distribution will be prohibited,' and in fact, the App Store and Google Play stopped distributing the TikTok app on January 19, 2025. In addition, even if the TikTok app had already been installed, the TikTok service itself was temporarily suspended and could not be used, but the service was resumed in a short time due to the efforts of President Trump, who was not yet inaugurated as president at the time.

TikTok, banned in the US, to be restored by President-elect Trump - GIGAZINE

Immediately after taking office, President Trump signed an executive order suspending the TikTok ban for 75 days.

President Trump signs executive order to suspend TikTok ban for 75 days - GIGAZINE

In addition, President Trump signed an executive order to suspend the TikTok ban for 75 days on April 7, 2025. This extended the suspension of the TikTok ban until June 19, 2025.

President Trump signs executive order to keep TikTok up and running for another 75 days, and will keep it listed on app stores - GIGAZINE

As the deadline for the suspension approaches, The Washington Post reported that it had received information from a person familiar with the president's plans that President Trump plans to sign a third executive order to postpone the TikTok ban. The TikTok ban was ruled constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court, and some Republican lawmakers have expressed dissatisfaction with President Trump's repeated suspension orders. In addition, former Department of Justice official Gregg Nunziata pointed out that 'the president's refusal to enforce the TikTok ban is exceeding his legal authority.'

I spoke with the WSJ about the president's ongoing refusal to do his constitutional duty and enforce the 'TikTok ban,' a law passed by Congress, signed by a president, and upheld by the Supreme Court. https://t.co/qrKgM9M7Bi

— Gregg Nunziata (@greggnunziata) June 6, 2025

During the suspension of the TikTok ban, there were moves to acquire TikTok, and in January 2025, it was reported that ' Oracle and Microsoft are considering acquiring TikTok .' In March 2025 , Perplexity mentioned considering acquiring TikTok , and in April 2025, it was reported that ' Amazon is considering acquiring TikTok .'

According to the Washington Post, more than 10 investors, including Oracle, Blackstone, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, and Dell CEO Michael Dell, were in talks to buy TikTok, with TikTok retaining less than a 20% stake. However, the deal was thwarted by President Trump's massive tariff measures.

The Financial Times reported that President Trump has appointed Vice President J.D. Vance to oversee the proposed acquisition of TikTok, and that Vance has reportedly asked conservative commentator Tucker Carlson to participate in the acquisition.

According to Bloomberg, TikTok has been working to strengthen its e-commerce business, including releasing ' TikTok Shop ,' which allows users to buy and sell products directly on TikTok, and had set a target of $17.5 billion (approximately 2.5 trillion yen) in transaction volume for its e-commerce business in the U.S. in 2025. However, it seems that the company has significantly lowered its target due to sluggish sales in the U.S.