WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he extended the June 19 deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of short-video app TikTok for 90 more days.

"I've just signed the Executive Order extending the Deadline for the TikTok closing for 90 days (September 17, 2025)," he said in a Truth Social post, which included a copy of the document.

Trump had already twice granted a reprieve from federal enforcement of a law that mandated the sale or shutdown of TikTok that was supposed to take effect in January.

Trump has said he wants to keep the app, which helped him woo young voters in the 2024 presidential election, active. He has also expressed optimism that Chinese President Xi Jinping would approve a deal that preserves the app in the United States.

TikTok said in a statement that "we are grateful for President Trump's leadership and support in ensuring that TikTok continues to be available for more than 170 million American users and 7.5 million U.S. businesses that rely on the platform as we continue to work with Vice President (JD) Vance's office."