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Trump mulls executive order to ‘save TikTok’ from ban or sale

Washington | President-elect Donald Trump is considering an executive order once in office that would suspend enforcement of the TikTok ban-or-sale law for 60 to 90 days, a legally questionable effort to win a brief reprieve for the Chinese-owned app now scheduled to be banned across the US on Sunday.

Mr Trump has been mulling ways to save the day for the wildly popular video app, talking through unconventional dealmaking and legal manoeuvres such as an executive order that would unravel the law passed by Congress last year with bipartisan support, according to two people familiar with the deliberations.

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