President-Elect Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to delay the potential ban on the social media platform TikTok. 

According to Just the News, Trump filed the request with the Supreme Court on Friday.

The Supreme Court, at the time of this writing, has yet to respond.

As we will see, the justices are actually getting ready to hear a case on the TikTok ban.

Here's what is going on:

Congress has passed a bill requiring TikTok to be banned if its parent company does not divest itself from the app, and President Joe Biden has signed this bill into law.

Just the News reports:

President Joe Biden signed a law in April that to ban platform from app stores in the United States starting January 19, unless its China-connected parent company ByteDance divests its shares of the app.

The outlet goes on to explain, 'The ban stems from concerns that the app could operate as an extension of the Chinese government. But the company has strongly denied being 'owned or controlled by any government or state-controlled entity.'"

Trump, in contrast to Biden, has come out against the ban, putting him at odds with even many Republicans.

The matter is now before the Supreme Court, which will hear arguments about whether or not the ban should be allowed on Jan. 10, 2025. If the Supreme Court were to okay the ban, it would go into effect on Jan. 19. 2025.

Delay!

Trump is now asking the Supreme Court to hold off on this ban until after he takes office, which would be on Jan. 20, 2025.

Trump's legal team wrote:

President Trump alone possesses the consummate dealmaking expertise, the electoral mandate, and the political will to negotiate a resolution to save the platform while addressing the national security concerns.

In other words, it appears that Trump wants to do what he can to save the app before the ban is implemented.

Trump's filing continues:

In light of these interests—including, most importantly, his overarching responsibility for the United States’ national security and foreign policy—President Trump opposes banning TikTok in the United States at this juncture, and seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he takes office

There is no real telling how the Supreme Court will decide this situation. To make matters even more interesting, Republican attorneys general - including from Virginia and Montana - are actually opposing Trump on this issue. Time will tell how this will play out.