But while signing the order, Trump suggested that the United States government should be a half owner of TikTok's U.S. business in return for keeping the app alive. He warned that he could impose tariffs on China if Beijing failed to approve a U.S. deal with TikTok.

While Trump gained praise from users for the reprieve, he faces long-time skeptics in his own Republican Party about what they see as the app’s ongoing national security threat.

President Trump signed an executive order to salvage TikTok and give its parent company 90 days more to sell off the popular platform. The 78-year-old argued that in response to him saving TikTok, the US should get half of its ownership but caveating that some of that could be from the private sector.