Donald Trump said he would “probably” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from the ban that will take effect on Sunday, the eve of his swearing-in as the 47th US president.

Trump told NBC News he may make a statement on the matter on Monday after taking office.

The social media platform previously warned that it would “shut down” on Sunday unless the outgoing Biden administration guaranteed it would not enforce the ban.

On Friday, the Supreme Court upheld a law banning the app from being available in the United States unless its Chinese parent ByteDance sells the platform by January 19. ByteDance declined to seek a buyer.

TikTok said late Friday that the White House and Justice Department “failed to provide necessary clarity and assurances to service providers that are critical to maintaining TikTok’s availability.”

But White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Saturday that TikTok’s warning of an impending shutdown was “a stunt.”

“We see no reason for TikTok or other companies to take action in the days before the Trump administration takes office on Monday,” she said.

“We have made our position clear and direct: action to implement this law will be the responsibility of the next government. So TikTok and other companies should raise any concerns with them.”

Trump said on Friday that he had spoken with Chinese President Xi Jinping and discussed TikTok and other issues.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is expected to be one of the tech executives at Trump’s inauguration on Monday.

U.S. national security officials have warned that Chinese spies could use data collected by the app to track U.S. federal employees and contractors, but TikTok denies this.

On Friday, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington said that the United States was unfairly suppressing TikTok: “China will take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.”

The popular platform, which claims 170 million users in the United States, has been lobbying members of Congress to oppose the ban. It’s also a valuable tool for U.S. political campaigns to reach young voters.

Trump has previously supported banning TikTok but has recently claimed to have a “passion” for the app and boasted that his videos attracted billions of views on the platform during last year’s presidential campaign.

Under the law passed last April, the U.S. version of the app will be removed from app stores and web hosting services in the coming days.

Content creators and small businesses who rely on the app for income told the BBC that their lives would be drastically changed if the app was shut down.

Nicole Bloomgarden, a fashion designer and artist who uses TikTok, told the BBC: “Indirectly, TikTok is the majority of my income because all the brands want to promote their products on the app.”

TikTok did not respond to a BBC inquiry about what it means to potentially “blacken” America.

One possible outcome is what happens in India when the platform comes into conflict with Indian authorities.

In 2020, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shut down dozens of Chinese apps, including TikTok, after a deadly altercation with Chinese troops in a disputed border area.

Two weeks later, India’s 200 million TikTok users are no longer able to log in, as the country’s internet providers were instructed to block access to the app.

App stores run by Google and Apple have also stopped offering TikTok. The app is not legally challenging India’s ban.

Since the ban, rival short-form platforms have largely filled the void with TikTok imitations of Meta-owned Instagram Reels and Google-owned YouTube Shorts.

Meta is generally considered to be the biggest winner from India’s TikTok ban.