But to “save TikTok,” as US President Donald Trump promised to do on the 2024 campaign trail, his administration will need to satisfy the divestiture requirements set out in the bipartisan law overwhelmingly passed by Congress and signed by former President Joe Biden last year. While ByteDance and its affiliates could potentially maintain a stake in TikTok under a new deal, the law also stipulates that an app will be considered to be under foreign adversary control if it is “subject to the direction or control” of a person or entity living or headquartered in a rival country.