Trump threatens to cut off TikTok if deal doesn't go through

US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut off TikTok if popular Chinese video sharing app's tentative deal with two American companies Walmart and Oracle does t go through.

Trump has for weeks threatened to ban TikTok, which is owned by China's ByteDance, on national security grounds unless an American company takes control of its US operations. TikTok has roughly 100 million users in US, and Trump says app gives China access to personal data of Americans.

Trump's latest remark came a day after he anunced a possible deal between Oracle and Walmart to share US operations of TikTok, which was placed on a ban list due to security concerns.

That's working its way through. I've given a preliminary okay, president told reporters at White House on Monday

y will work -- y're two great companies -- Oracle and Walmart. (Oracle CEO) Larry Ellison is a great genius at that kind of thing. techlogy is incredible.

So if we can save it, we'll save it. And if we can't, we'll cut it off. But y have (a) preliminary (deal). We'll see what y can do. We have to have total security. That's only thing -- very important. We have to have total security, Trump said in response to a question.

Meanwhile, House Mirity Leader Kevin McCarthy praised Trump for his move on TikTok.

He is standing up and keeping us safer by t allowing China to spy on Americans through ir devices of TikTok and ors, keeping ability of Americans to use it, but keeping you safe, he told Fox News.

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said that US is working through deal.

But rest assured that this president is putting safety of American people first. Chinese Communist Party having access to data of millions of Americans is t a tenable situation. But I'll leave it to him to anunce exactly what that deal looks like, she said.

proposed deal of TikTok with Oracle and Walmart mandates creation of a new American company -- incorporated in Texas -- and prospect of 25,000 new jobs. Furr, TikTok will give USD 5 billion to fund education of American youths.

US last week issued orders to ban popular Chinese social media apps - TikTok and WeChat - to safeguard national security. ban on downloading TikTok, originally scheduled to take effect on Sunday, was postponed to September 27, according to US Department of Commerce.

Last month, President Trump signed an executive order to ban TikTok and WeChat by September 15 unless ownership of two Chinese companies changed to American.

TikTok made its debut in US in 2018 and sees American traffic of more than 100 million users each month.