End of the soap opera? Trump claims to have found a buytok buyer

The one that is probably the soap opera por antonomasia of the “Techie” industry, the one starring Tiktok, could be bringing its final stretch. Donald Trump has assured that the United States government has finally found a buyer for Tiktok and that will reveal its name within an approximate period of two weeks.

In statements a Fox News The American president has specified that Tiktok’s buyer is “a group of people with a lot of money”. “I think it will probably need China’s approval, but I trust that President Xi Jinping gives his approval to the operation,” says Trump.

A law approved last year by Congress ordered Tiktok to seek a new owner for its operations in the United States or face an eventual prohibition in the North American country. That rule was motivated by the fear of legislators that the subsidiary of Bytedance could be sharing sensitive data from American citizens with the Chinese government, an accusation that Tiktok has rejected, however, always flat.

The law ratified by the United States Congress in April of last year originally gave Tiktok until January 19 this year to find a buyer for your business on American land. And in fact, the social network melted temporarily for a few hours beyond the seas. Donald Trump then promised to sign an executive order in order to give Tiktok more time to find a buyer for his business on American soil. In April, the president granted another moratorium to Tiktok and a little over a week ago, on June 19, granted a new extension to the Chinese native social network that will extend until September 17.

Several people could be involved in the purchase of Tiktok in the United States

The fact that the White House tenant has referred to the Tiktok buyer in the plural and talked about “a group of people with a lot of money” suggests that On the bid for the social network business in the United States, several people could be involved.

In addition, in January Trump has already pointed out that His initial thinking was to create a “joint venture” Among the current owners of Tiktok and new partners in which the United States will hold at least 50% of the property of the Bytedance subsidiary.

Among the suitors who would have left Tiktok during the last months, among others, the famous YouTuber MrBeastthe search engine propelled by AI Perplexity AI and the Canadian investor Kevin O’Learyfamous for your participation in the television program Shark Tank.

An abril prey danceLa Matriz de Tiktok, He said he continued to have conversations with the United States governmentbut that there were still “differences in key matters.” In addition, any agreement for the acquisition of Tiktok operations in the United States will almost require the PLACET of the Beijing Government.