Trump intensifies pressure on ‘worthless’ TikTok after granting app lifeline

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President Donald Trump is keeping his cards close to his chest in the battle to keep TikTok alive, as the popular social media platform is relying on him to rescue it from a permanent ban.

On Monday evening, Trump took to the Oval Office to sign a stack of executive orders during one of his first acts as president. Among them was a measure to keep TikTok operational for another 75 days, saving it from immediately being banned under a law passed last year prohibiting the app because it is owned by a Chinese company.  

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