The future of TikTok remains in limbo with President Trump considering Tesla CEO Elon Musk or Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison as potential TikTok buyers.
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00:00The future of TikTok remains in limbo, with President Trump considering Tesla CEO Elon Musk
00:05or Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison as potential TikTok buyers. He addressed this during a press
00:11briefing on Tuesday. Now, Trump expressed willingness to sell TikTok if Ellison wanted to
00:16buy it, and he also mentioned liking the idea of Musk purchasing it. TikTok is currently still up
00:21and running in the U.S. after Trump signed an executive order to keep it operating for 75 days,
00:26aiming to suspend a ban linked to a national security law. Analysts have valued TikTok's U.S.
00:32business at around $50 billion. Trump stated that it could be worth $1 trillion
00:38with a permit to operate right here in the U.S.