Donald Trump signed an executive order delaying the US ban on ByteDance's TikTok for 75 days, starting January 19.

Here’s another bright idea from President Donald Trump. He just expressed openness to the idea of either Tesla CEO Elon Musk or Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison purchasing TikTok, a move that could have significant implications for the app’s future in the United States.

During his first interview as the US President during his second term, Trump defended TikTok and said phones, computers made in China were a far bigger threat

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would be supportive of the world's richest man and his close aide, Elon Musk, buying TikTok "if he wanted to". Trump was asked if he would be open to the billionaire founder of Tesla buying the short-video platform facing a nationwide ban in the US after the Supreme Court last week upheld a law requiring TikTok to sever ties with its Chinese parent ByteDance.

Trump suggested all electronic products manufactured in China could carry a spying risk, adding that TikTok's was not the most serious of them

Donald Trump is now being hailed as TikTok's savior after he tried to ban the app during his White House first term.

"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

In order to avoid a potential ban in the United States, Chinese officials are considering a contingency plan that would involve selling TikTok's US operations to Elon Musk, said a Bloomberg report. The report further said that the first preference of the Chinese officials will be to keep the short-form video hosting platform under the control of parent company ByteDance,

The new US President is open to the Tesla billionaire purchasing social media app TikTok but he's not the only potential buyer