ByteDance has until April 5 to either divest from TikTok or see its platform banned from American app stores. It’s hazy if Trump will extend the deadline

Questions about the future of the popular video sharing app have continued to linger since a law requiring its China-based parent company to divest or face a ban took effect on Jan. 19. After taking office, President Donald Trump gave TikTok a 75-day reprieve by signing an executive order that delayed enforcement of the statute until April 5.

Vice President JD Vance expressed confidence Friday that a deal to sell TikTok and keep the social media app running in the U.S. would largely be in place by an April deadline, NBC News reported.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance expects the general terms of an agreement to resolve the ownership of social media platform TikTok in time for an April 5 deadline, according to two White House officials.

There will almost certainly be a high-level agreement that I think satisfies our national security concerns, allows there to be a distinct American TikTok enterprise,” he told NBC News during an interview aboard Air Force Two.

NBC News Senior National Politics Reporter Henry Gomez joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss highlights from Vice President Vance’s interview with NBC News.

Vice President JD Vance expressed optimism TikTok will meet an early April deadline requiring it to find a U.S. buyer or face a ban in the country. TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a China-based company,

TikTok has just weeks to find a U.S.-based owner before a nationwide ban takes effect—unless the president tries to extend the ban again.