Trump's incoming national security adviser said the new Republican administration will keep the social media app used by 170 million Americans alive in the US if there is a viable deal and top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer urged President Joe Biden to extend by 90 days a looming deadline to shut it down on Sunday.
A law passed in April mandates TikTok's owner, ByteDance, divest TikTok's US assets by Sunday to a non-Chinese buyer, or be banned on national security concerns.