Trump says he’ll ‘likely’ give TikTok 90-day extension to avoid ban [Video]

President-elect Donald Trump told ABC News in an interview Saturday he is likely to grant TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid a ban in the United States.

The app is scheduled to be banned due to a bipartisan congressional law that ordered the platform to sever ties with China-based parent company ByteDance by Sunday.

Trump, who called for a TikTok ban during his first administration, has said in the last couple of months that the app shouldn’t be removed and told ABC News he is looking into his options to salvage it.

“I’m the one who is going to be calling the shots. Most likely, I’ll extend for 90 days,” he told ABC’s Rachel Scott. “You have the extension for 90 days as you probably know. I’ll do that until we figure something out.”

He did not provide further details on how an extension could be enacted.

The bipartisan law has …