A new official account for the White House is on the social media platform TikTok. The administration has been delaying a shutdown of the service as it seeks to work up a deal for American ownership. The White House has officially joined TikTok, even as the administration is trying to help determine the future of the platform in the US.

The White House launched its official TikTok account despite the looming deadline for the Chinese-owned app to be sold or banned in the U.S.

President Donald Trump made a surprise return to the popular video app TikTok with three montages posted to a new official @whitehouse account Tuesday night.