Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday told CNBC on Monday that TikTok was a national security threat but likened it to threats posed by other social media networks such as Meta's Facebook.

Trump reiterated his concerns as lawmakers weigh a bill this week that would give TikTok owner ByteDance about six months to divest the popular short video app.

(Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Bernadette Baum)