New Delhi, May 5 -- Donald Trump has said he's open to extending the June 19 deadline for a TikTok ban in the US by 75 days, if the short video company is not sold to a US based by that time.

In an interaction with NBC's "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker, Trump said, "I'd like to see it done, I have a little sweet spot in my heart because I won young people by 36 points. and I focused on TikTok," Trump told NBC .

Notably, the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act was passed with bipartisan support in 2023 and banned TikTok in the US on 19 January 2025 over concerns of national security and privacy. Soon after taking over, President Trump had given a 75-day reprieve to the app and again in April.

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