Microsoft is discussing its acquisition, as part of the government’s plan to avoid a ban on the platform.
The above was announced by reporters on Monday, 27.1.
“I would say yes,” Trump replied when a journalist asked him if he was discussing the acquisition of social media.
Trump: I like offers wars
“Tiktok is of great interest, there is a lot of interest in Tiktok. I like bidding wars because they allow you to achieve the best possible deal, “the US president added.
D. Trump refused to name other companies that seek to acquire Tiktok, but assured that they were “high -level companies”.
They use 170 million Americans
Access to Tiktok, which is used by about 170 million Americans, shortly before the law adopted in the country and requires its parent company, Chinese byTedance, to sell the platform as otherwise it will be banned in the US from January 19th.
After being sworn in US president on January 20, postponing 75 days the implementation of the legislation.
In 1 month decision on the future of Tiktok
Last week, the US president had pointed out that he was in discussions with many people about the acquisition of Tiktok and added that there was a decision on the future of the popular platform within a month.
After all, Trump has proposed byTedance to grant the US 50% of Tiktok’s capital in exchange for the non -implementation of the legislation. Washington could then give this percentage to US private interests.
According to US public NPR radio, the Trump government is trying to form a group of investors around Oracle (the company that offers cloud services in Tiktok) to take over the algorithm and platform data, while byTedance will remain a minority shareholder .
In addition, Trump has previously stated that he is open to the possibility of buying Tiktok by the billionaire if he wishes, although the richest man in the world has not publicly commented on the possibility.
Source: RES-EIA
