It is not clear how many times Trump can keep extending the ban as the government continues to try to negotiate a deal for TikTok.

The president, who has 15 million followers since joining TikTok last year, credits the platform for helping him gain traction with young voters.

The US president ‘does not want TikTok to go dark’, the White House says, as Trump prepares to put off a threatened ban for the third time.