President Donald Trump this week paused a ban on the app and said he has "the right to make a deal" to try to save it. Legal experts questioned whether he can override a federal law that bans it. And the app's China-based parent company appeared open to brokering an agreement.

President Trump has managed to turn a controversial TikTok ban into a political advantage, framing himself as the savior of the popular video-sharing platform by offering the app a 75-day reprieve. The president has taken a more receptive approach toward TikTok — albeit one mired in legal questions — that gives him room to attempt

President Trump’s critics were quick to declare his 75-day pause on TikTok’s shutdown illegal — but nearly two weeks later, nobody has sued to stop it.