This will be the fourth time the deadline has been extended. Originally, it was until January 2025. It has since been extended several times in a row.
Last month, Trump claimed that US buyers for TikTok were ready and that the time would be extended if necessary. However, when asked by reporters on Sunday, Trump said, "Maybe we will, maybe we won't. We are discussing TikTok now. Maybe we will let TikTok die, maybe we won't. It also depends on China. But I want to do it for the children."
TikTok is popular with about 170 million users in the United States, so the White House is hesitant to ban it outright.
Anti-China policymakers in Washington have long alleged that Beijing could use TikTok to surveil, blackmail or censor US citizens, but Trump has said he actually wants to save the app.
A deal was drafted earlier this year that would have spun off TikTok's US operations into a new US company. But after the Trump administration announced new tariffs on Chinese goods, Beijing said it would not approve such a deal, stalling the talks.
However, sources said that no deal is likely to be reached by September 17.
