Shortly after Monday’s inauguration ceremony, President Donald Trump signed an executive order extending the deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok’s US operations, keeping the app in the dark. for an additional 75 days.

The executive order directs the US Attorney General to prevent law enforcement from banning the app and requiring companies such as Apple and Google to remove it from their app stores. TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Days before the Jan. 19 deadline, Trump suggested he would “save” the app once he formally takes office. In an interview with Kristen Welker on NBC News on SaturdayTrump said he would give ByteDance more time to find a buyer, but did not explain how he planned to do so. “We have to look closely. It’s a big situation,” he said.

In a post on Truth Social on SundayTrump confirmed that the extension would be made through an executive order that would allow his administration to negotiate with ByteDance. In his post, Trump said he would continue the 50 percent joint venture agreement with ByteDance, preferably with a US entity.

“By doing this, we saved TikTok, kept it in good hands and allowed it to (stay),” Trump wrote. “Without US approval, there would be no TikTok. By our agreement, it’s worth hundreds of billions of dollars—perhaps trillions.”

ByteDance and TikTok have yet to respond publicly to Trump’s proposal. At Monday’s signing ceremony, Trump said he thinks TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew “really likes it.” Trump said private companies could be involved in financing the negotiations. “I think you have a lot of people interested in TikTok with the United States as a partner,” he said.

The executive order itself does not address the divestiture, but says the 75-day reprieve is for “an opportunity to determine the appropriate course forward in an orderly manner.”

The rush to keep TikTok online came after the company suffered a devastating blow at the hands of US Supreme Court. On Friday, the court upheld a law that forced the sale of TikTok to an American owner to prevent a country ban. The decision came just two days before the law was enacted.

Before midnight on Saturday, TikTok users received a notification informing them that the app is no longer available to US users due to sales or embargo laws. At the same time Apple and Google removed the app from their app stores, other ByteDance-owned apps, including CapCut, Lemon8, and Marvel Snap, were also removed. TikTok went down for about 15 hours before the company issued a statement announcing that it would be back.

“With the agreement of 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 do not face sanctions giving TikTok to more than 170 million Americans and allowing more than 7 million small businesses to thrive,” the company said. Sunday night

The divestiture law has faced anger from both sides of the aisle. “In Washington DC holding meetings trying to get TikTok banned,” wrote Soulja Boy, in a post on X at the end of the week. The rap artist was in town to perform at a crypto industry inauguration party.

Various American financiers considering an in app purchaseincluding former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and former Trump Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. McCourt’s Project Liberty made a formal bid after the Supreme Court announced its decision. Elon Musk’s name has also been floated in talks about a deal with the Chinese government, according to Bloomberg.

On Monday, Trump suggested he may impose retaliatory tariffs against China if the Chinese government refuses to negotiate an agreement that would address the US government’s national security concerns over TikTok. “I’m not saying I will, but you can,” he said.