"Maybe I'll give them a little reduction in tariffs or something to get it done," he said to reporters in a White House news conference.

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said a deal with TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the short video app used by 170 million Americans would be struck before a deadline on Saturday.

Trump also said he is willing to extend a 5 April deadline for a non-Chinese buyer of the platform to be found.