WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald

Trump on Monday signed an executive order seeking to delay by 75

days the enforcement of a ban of popular short-video app TikTok

that was slated to be shuttered on Jan. 19.

The order directs the attorney general to not enforce

the law "to permit my administration an opportunity to determine

the appropriate course of action with respect to TikTok."

It also directs the Justice Department to issue letters

to companies like Apple ( AAPL ), Alphabet's Google

and Oracle that work with TikTok "stating that there

has been no violation of the statute and that there is no

liability for any conduct that occurred during the

above-specified period."

When asked what TikTok order does, Trump said "just gave me

the right to sell it or close it," adding that he needed to make

a decision.