President Donald Trump says he’d be open to his buddies Elon Musk or Larry Ellison shopping for TikTok.
“Larry, let’s negotiate in entrance of the media,” Trump stated at a press convention with the Oracle co-founder, SoftBank CEO Masa Son, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to announce a $500 billion artificial intelligence infrastructure investment. “What I’m fascinated by saying to anyone is, purchase it, and provides half to the USA of America. Half, and we’ll provide the allow. And so they’ll have an important associate, the USA.”
“Feels like deal to me, Mr. President,” Ellison stated.
TikTok’s China-based mother or father firm ByteDance nonetheless has different provides on the desk, together with from billionaire Frank McCourt’s Mission Liberty and now, apparently, from YouTube creator MrBeast — whose investor group is receiving authorized counsel from a team that includes the brother of Trump’s attorney general pick.
As he was leaving the briefing, a reporter requested Trump if he has TikTok on his telephone. “No, however I believe I’d put it there,” Trump responded. “I believe I’ll get it proper now.”
