Trump Says Sets September 15 Deadline For TikTok To Be Bought By US Company Or Close Down

Trump Says Sets September 15 Deadline for TikTok to Be Bought by US Company or Close Down

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd August, 2020) US President Donald Trump said during a meeting at the White House on Monday that he has set September 15 as a deadline for the Chinese video-sharing social networking service TikTok to be bought by an American company or close down.

"I don't mind if... microsoft or somebody else, a big company, a secure company, a very American company buys it," Trump said. "I set a date of around September 15 at which point it's going to be out of business in the United States."