President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday night that the United States was “pretty close” to a TikTok divestment deal until China dodged on a sale of the platform because of the tariffs Trump announced against the country on his “Liberation Day” rollout.

China’s objections to new US tariffs stalled a deal to sell off TikTok and keep it operating in the US, President Donald Trump said Sunday. “We had a deal pretty much for TikTok — not a deal but pretty close — and then China changed the deal because of tariffs,

TikTok, which had been facing a Saturday deadline for a deal, now has another 75 days to find a new owner to comply with a federal law that requires it to change its structure to resolve national security concerns. That puts the new deadline for a deal in mid-June.