Trump said on Sunday that Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch are likely to be part of the potential buyer’s group acquiring TikTok.
Speaking to Fox News’ Peter Doocy, Trump said others in the potential group of buyers would be Oracle executive Larry Ellison and Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell.
“Really great people, very prominent people. And they’re also American patriots. You know, they love this country. So I think they’re going to do a really good job.”
Trump said Friday after a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping that the two sides had approved a deal to keep TikTok running in the U.S. after months of uncertainty about the video-sharing app after a bipartisan vote in the 2024 Congress forced ByteDance to divest to an American company or face being banned in the U.S.
China’s government was more uncertain about the talks, suggesting that the president had agreed to support efforts to reach a “proper deal on TikTok.”
Trump has signed multiple extensions to keep TikTok available to users despite the lack of a sale.
On Saturday, Karolyin’ Leavitt said that the potential deal, which still needs to be signed, means the app will be “majority-owned by Americans in the United States.”
The app’s algorithm “will also be controlled by America as well,” Leavitt said.