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Trump says he is open to Musk buying TikTok if Tesla CEO wants to do so

Elon Musk warns Republicans

After delaying the ban on TikTok for 75 days, the newly appointed US President, Donald Trump stated that he prefers Elon Musk would take over.

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was open to billionaire Elon Musk buying the social media app TikTok if the Tesla CEO wanted to. The short video app, used by 170 million Americans, was temporarily taken offline for users shortly before a law that said it must be sold by its Chinese owner, ByteDance, on national security grounds or banned took effect on Sunday.

Bloomberg News 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 signed an executive order seeking to delay the enforcement of the law by 75 days. The law was implemented after US officials warned that Under Chinese parent company ByteDance, there was a risk of misusing Americans’ data.

On Tuesday afternoon, TikTok remained unavailable to download on Apple and Android devices in the United States.

“I would be, if he wanted to buy it,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday when asked if he was open to Musk buying the platform.

“I have met with owners of TikTok, the big owners,” Trump added. “So, what I am thinking about saying to somebody is ‘buy it and give half to the United States of America.'”

Free speech advocates have opposed TikTok’s ban under a law passed by the US Congress and signed by former President Joe Biden.

The company says US officials misstated its ties to China. It argues that its content recommendation engine and user data are stored in the United States on cloud servers operated by Oracle. At the same time, content moderation decisions that affect American users are also made in the US.

Musk, who spent more than $250 million to help Trump win November’s presidential election, has said the US and China had an “unbalanced” business environment.

“I have been against a TikTok ban for a long time, because it goes against freedom of speech. That said, the current situation where TikTok is allowed to operate in America, but X is not allowed to operate in China is unbalanced,” Musk, who owns social media platform X, said over the weekend.

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