On Monday, TikTok and its parent company, China-based ByteDance, asked the US Supreme Court to stop the upcoming Jan. 19 deadline set by US lawmakers in April that forces the two companies to cut ties or face a ban.

A few hours later, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, making his case to President-elect Donald Trump at the “Winter White House.” CNN first reported.

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The newspaper notes that the meeting was prearranged. ByteDance previously said that it won't sell TikTok.

Earlier in the day, Trump said at a press conference that he is taking a look at TikTok and that he has a “warm spot” in his heart for the app. According to the legislation approved in the spring, the US President can call for a “one-time extension” of the deadline.

Trump's words on Monday are a departure from 2020 when he tried to ban TikTok directly. Some of Trump's top brass, including Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio, have been the most vocal against the ban. supporters.

“TikTok expanded the power and influence of the Chinese Communist Party in our nation, right under our noses,” Rubio said in a press release. on his website in April. “I've been raising concerns about TikTok since 2019, so this new law forcing ByteDance out of TikTok is a big step toward confronting Beijing's malign influence. It's official: Communist China is at the right time .”

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TikTok argued that the deadline should be delayed or suspended pending a Supreme Court review, but a federal appeals court rejected the request last week.

In an emergency filing on Monday, TikTok's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to rule by January 6 so that the company can “coordinate with their service providers to carry out the complex task of shutting down the TikTok platform in the United States only.” in time for the January 19 deadline.

In one court filing Earlier in December, TikTok said that if the ban happens, creators and small businesses in the US could lose $1.3 billion in revenue and profits in just one month.

TikTok has more than 150 million users in the US, according to the company. In May, Chew was one honorary chairman of the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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