President Donald Trump extended the deadline for a TikTok sale to Dec. 16 on Tuesday, delaying a potential shutdown of the app, hours after he told reporters he had reached a “deal” with Chinese officials on the app’s future.

August 14, 2020 - President Trump orders ByteDance to divest its interest in TikTok's U.S. operations within 90 days.4, 2020 - ByteDance picks Oracle over Microsoft as its partner in a bid to keep TikTok operating in the United States.

US and Chinese officials said on Monday they have reached a framework agreement to switch TikTok to US-controlled ownership, to be confirmed in a Friday call between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.