Simply hours after taking workplace, President Donald Trump signed an government order Monday evening instructing the lawyer common’s workplace to delay imposing the law that banned TikTok in the U.S. effective Sunday for 75 days, The New York Times reported. 

Whereas signing the order, Trump instructed reporters, “The U.S. needs to be entitled to get half of TikTok,” in response to the Occasions. 

The legislation, the Defending Individuals from Overseas Adversary Managed Functions Act, requires TikTok’s China-based guardian, ByteDance, to promote the appliance to a U.S. firm. 

In accordance with the order, the Trump administration will “pursue a decision that protects nationwide safety whereas saving a platform utilized by 170 million Individuals,” the Occasions reported. 

It has been a busy few days for Trump, as he ready for his inauguration because the forty seventh president of the U.S. and the beginning of his second time period within the White Home, however issues have been way more chaotic for TikTok. 

Final Friday, the Supreme Court upheld the legislation banning TikTok within the U.S. as of Jan. 19, writing in its decision, “Congress has decided that divestiture is critical to handle its well-supported nationwide safety considerations concerning TikTok’s knowledge assortment practices and relationship with a overseas adversary. For the foregoing causes, we conclude that the challenged provisions don’t violate petitioners’ First Modification rights.” 

Later that day, TikTok CEO, Shou Zi Chew posted his response in video type, going out of his technique to reward Trump. 

“We’re grateful and happy to have the help of a president who actually understands our platform—one which has used TikTok to specific his personal ideas and views, connecting with the world and producing greater than 60 billion views of his content material within the course of,” Chew stated in his video. 

TikTok went dark in the U.S. just a few hours early, at roughly 10:30 p.m. ET Saturday, with individuals making an attempt to entry the appliance seeing a message saying that TikTok isn’t out there for now and including: “We’re lucky that President Trump has indicated that he’ll work with us on an answer to reinstate TikTok as soon as he takes workplace. Please keep tuned!”