Earlier this month, TikTok's Chinese-based parent company ByteDance asked America's highest judicial body to delay the deadline by which it must sell the social media platform.

ByteDance isn't alone in making that request, as President-elect Donald Trump recently put a similar request before the Supreme Court.

Trump wishes to resolve issue "through political means"

At issue is a bill signed by President Joe Biden earlier this year which required ByteDance to either sell its video app to an American firm or see it banned.

According to The Hill, the Supreme Court announced on December 18 that it would hear ByteDance's challenge to the law, which argues that the legislation is unconstitutional.

The Chinese company then asked that the laws' January 19 deadline be stayed, a request which was echoed on Friday by the president elect.

"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," read a brief submitted by attorney D. John Sauer.

"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," Sauer added.

Brief calls Trump "one of the most powerful" social media users

The Hill noted that Sauer is Trump's personal appellant lawyer and the president-elect nominated him last month to serve as solicitor general.

JUST IN: Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban so he can "negotiate a resolution to save the platform" https://t.co/VaDl0nwGYO

— The Hill (@thehill) December 27, 2024

Sauer further asserted that Trump has a unique interest in the case given how he is "one of the most powerful, prolific, and influential users of social media in history."

"Indeed, President Trump’s first Term was highlighted by a series of policy triumphs achieved through historic deals, and he has a great prospect of success in this latest national security and foreign policy endeavor," Sauer stressed.

Trump reportedly met with TikTok CEO on Friday

Saurer's brief went on to say that while the president-elect takes no position as to whether or not the looming TikTok ban is constitutional, he nevertheless acknowledges that the question is "historically challenging."

Meanwhile, CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins cited sources as saying that Trump met with TikTok CEO Shou Chew after Saurer submitted the brief.

That interaction reportedly came in the wake of an earlier meeting which took place two weeks ago at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.