The never-ending saga between President Donald Trump and TikTok could lastly get some closure. In an interview with Fox Information‘ Maria Bartiromo, the US president introduced that there is a purchaser secured for TikTok.
“Now we have a purchaser for TikTok by the way in which,” Trump mentioned within the interview. “I feel I am going to want most likely China approval and I feel President Xi [Jinping] will most likely do it.” When requested to determine the client, Trump solely cryptically revealed that it was a “group of very rich individuals,” which might be introduced in “about two weeks.”
The unsure destiny of TikTok started when Trump signed an government order to increase a deadline to ban the app from US-based app shops. The preliminary extension got here shortly after Trump took workplace for his second time period in January and was later pushed again one other 75 days to April. The choice was delayed as soon as once more in June, however for an additional 90 days as an alternative, for a brand new mid-September deadline. As the way forward for TikTok stays in a state of uncertainty, Trump mentioned the extensions had been “no huge deal” through the interview with Fox Information. Greater than 170 million lively US customers are awaiting a ultimate resolution on TikTok, which is developed by the Beijing-based ByteDance that is going through strain to both promote its app or have it banned on account of knowledge privateness and “nationwide safety” issues.
