President Donald Trump said on Jan. 21 that he is open to the possibility of billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk or Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison purchasing the video-sharing app TikTok, telling reporters that he would like the platform to be partly owned by U.S. investors.
Trump made the comments during a White House press briefing when asked if he was open to Musk, co-leader of Trump’s newly created Department of Government Efficiency, buying the platform.
“I would be, if he wanted to buy it,” Trump told reporters. “I’d like Larry to buy it, too,” he said of Ellison, who was in attendance at the conference….