That didn’t last long. Shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders. Among them is the temporary suspension of the law that TikTok is banned in the US.

With the executive order, Trump’s Justice Department will not execute the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act for 75 days, effectively extending the amount of time the company has to reach a deal. In a statement, Trump said the “bad timing” of the legislation, which began in President Joe Biden’s final hours in office, “will interfere with my ability to assess the national security and implications of policy outside the restrictions of the Act before they take effect.”

He wrote that he would review “sensitive intelligence” related to national security concerns raised by critics of the app and “assess the adequacy of mitigation measures taken by TikTok to date.” The company previously made a year-long effort, known as Project Texasto transfer US user data to servers hosted by Oracle. The arrangement was made after years of negotiations with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), but those talks stops last year.

TikTok (and other ByteDance apps) offline late Saturday before the law takes effect on Sunday. However, TikTok’s absence only lasted for a few hours. Service is gradually being restored after Trump promised to sign an executive order to suspend the law after he was sworn in on Monday. He confirmed that there is “no liability for any company that helped prevent TikTok from going dark before my order.” Trump also proposed a joint venture that would see US interests get a 50 percent stake in TikTok.

On Monday, China (where ByteDance is based) signaling openness to strike a deal in the US that would allow TikTok to remain active there long-term, despite previously saying it would prevent a forced sale of the app. “When it comes to actions such as the operation and acquisition of enterprises, we believe that they should independently decide on companies in accordance with market principles,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning. “If it involves Chinese companies, it must follow Chinese laws and regulations.”

During his first administration, Trump sought ban TikTok in the US. He signed executive orders to that effect, which includes trying to force ByteDance to sell its US business. That didn’t happen at the time. But the pressure on TikTok increased during the Biden Administration, with the former president signing a bill last year which called on ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a US ban.