Trump hasn’t made a final decision on the matter, he told NBC News on Saturday, but said that he’d “most likely” grant the extension to give ByteDance, the Chinese-based parent company that owns the popular social media app, to sell to a non-Chinese buyer. A decision on that front wouldn’t be made until at least Monday when Trump is sworn in. 

“I think that would be, certainly, an option that we look at,” Trump told the outlet. “The 90-day extension is something that will be most likely done, because it’s appropriate. You know, it’s appropriate. We have to look at it carefully. It’s a very big situation,” Trump said in the phone interview.”

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A possible extension comes after the Supreme Court ruled on Friday to uphold a law passed by Congress last year and signed by President Joe Biden to ban the app on online stores in the United States unless ByteDance divested from the platform. The bill allows for the U.S. government to grant one 90-day extension if approved by the president.

But to do so, the president must first prove there is “significant progress” on a path toward divestiture and that parties have “binding legal agreements to enable execution of such qualified divestiture during the period of such extension.” 

It’s unclear whether the ban will be implemented right away. Biden says he does not plan to enforce the law on his last day in office, instead placing the responsibility in Trump’s hands. However, TikTok said it plans to “go dark” over the weekend until it receives “clarity and assurance” about how the U.S. will proceed. 

The Biden administration brushed off that threat, with White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre calling it a “stunt.” 

“We have seen the most recent statement from TikTok. It is a stunt, and we see no reason for TikTok or other companies to take actions in the next few days before the Trump Administration takes office on Monday,” Jean-Pierre said in a statement on Saturday.

Instead, Jean-Pierre advised the company should work with the incoming administration on the matter. 

 “We have laid out our position clearly and straightforwardly: actions to implement this law will fall to the next administration,” she said. “So TikTok and other companies should take up any concerns with them.”

Trump has gone back and forth on his support for the popular social media ban, initially calling for a TikTok ban during his first presidential term. However, he has since softened his position and told supporters in a post on Truth Social on Friday that his stance will be “made in the not too distant future, but I must have time to review the situation. Stay tuned!”

Meanwhile, Trump has invited TikTok CEO Shou Chew to attend his inauguration on Monday, along with a slew of other tech executives.