Trump says ‘we have a buyer for TikTok'
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said Sunday a buyer had been found for social media platform TikTok, which faces a looming ban in the United States due to its China ties, and promised to name the purchaser in two weeks.
"We have a buyer for TikTok," Trump said in an interview on Fox's Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, adding that Chinese President Xi Jinping "will probably do it." — Agence France-Presse
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WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said Sunday a buyer had been found for social media platform TikTok, which faces a looming ban in the United States due to its China ties, and promised to name the purchaser in two weeks. "We have a buyer for TikTok," Trump said in an interview on Fox's Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, adding that Chinese President Xi Jinping "will probably do it." — Agence France-Presse
