The White House really wants to get a deal to sell Chinese short-video app TikTok to a US company and remove all possibilities of the Mainland using it as a way to spy on Americans. Except, apparently,

Trump added that he looked forward to working with TikTok and China to close the deal, and that he did not want the app to "go dark."

President Donald Trump has announced an extension of the 5 April deadline for the sale of TikTok to an American buyer. The United States government had previously approved the sale of the short-video social media platform due to concerns over potential hacking and data theft by China.

However, key parties involved in negotiations on a potential TikTok sale “do not appear to be taking Amazon’s bid seriously,” according to The New York Times.

Several potential buyers have bid on the popular social media app to ensure its continued access in the United States.

Amazon, owned by Jeff Bezos, has placed a bid to acquire TikTok. As AFROTECH™ previously told you, the app owned by ByteDance is facing a ban in the United States due to its association with China — although TikTok states it is not tied to the Chinese government.

Led by billionaire Frank McCourt of Project Liberty, with ‘Shark Tank’ investor Kevin O’Leary, this consortium offered over $20 billion, according to Fortune. It includes Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and aims to rearchitect TikTok for user data control.

Originally appeared on E! Online TikTok is here to stay—for now. With just one day before the app’s ban was supposed to go into effect, if China-based ByteDance was unable to sell U.

News of the offer emerged as Trump prepared to meet with senior officials to review the approaching cutoff for TikTok's sale.

The White House is close to endorsing a deal for US investors to buy TikTok’s American operations, wresting control of the popular video app from its Chinese owners.