TRUMP SAYS HE IS OPEN TO MUSK BUYING TIKTOKĀ – Trump delayed by 75 days the enforcement of the law that would’ve banned the social media app
U.S. President Donald Trump said he was open to billionaire Elon Musk buying social media app TikTok if the Tesla CEO wanted to do so.
“I would be, if he wanted to buy it,” Trump told reporters when asked if he was open to Musk buying the platform.
The short video app used by 170 million Americans was taken offline temporarily for users shortly before a law that said it must be sold by its Chinese owner ByteDance on national security grounds, or be banned, took effect on Sunday.
It was reported last week that Chinese officials were in preliminary talks about a potential option to sell TikTok’s operations in the United States to Musk, though the company has denied that.
Trump on Monday, January 20th signed an executive order seeking to delay by 75 days the enforcement of the law that was put in place after U.S. officials warned that under Chinese parent company ByteDance, there was a risk of Americans’ data being misused.
On Tuesday afternoon, TikTok remained unavailable to download on Apple and Android devices in the United States.
