TikTok Chief Executive Shou Chew was expected to sit among President-elect Trump’s high-profile guests during the swearing-in ceremony and inaugural address today—before the event was moved indoors. T

In his first statement since the Supreme Court upheld a law that could ban TikTok from the US on Sunday, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew offered no insight into what would happen to the app in just a few days. Instead, he took the opportunity to appeal to President-elect Donald Trump.