Trump says he’s open to Musk or Ellison buying TikTok

President Donald Trump says he would be open to his pals Elon Musk or Larry Ellison buying TikTok.

“Larry, let’s negotiate in front of the media,” Trump said at a news conference with Oracle co-founder and SoftBank CEO Masa Son and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. $500 billion AI infrastructure investment. “What I think I would say to someone is buy it and give half of it to the United States of America. Half, and we will give you the permit. And they will have a great partner, the United States.”

“Sounds like a good deal to me, Mr. President,” Ellison said.

ByteDance, TikTok’s China-based parent company, still has other offers on the table, including from billionaire Frank McCourt’s Liberty project, and now, apparently, from YouTube creator MrBeast — whose investment group is receiving legal advice from… The team that includes Brother of Trump’s attorney general pick.

As he was leaving the press conference, a reporter asked Trump if he had TikTok on his phone. “No, but I think I might put it out there,” Trump replied. “I think I’ll get it now.”