Trump to hold a meeting on possible investors to buy TikTok with possible ban at stake
Source: AP
Updated 4:57 PM EDT, April 1, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump will hold a Wednesday meeting with aides about possible investors who could buy a stake in TikTok, a deal that could potentially stop the social media site from being banned in the United States.
The details of the meeting were confirmed by a person familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
There has been uncertainty about the popular video app after a law took effect on Jan. 19 requiring its China-based parent, ByteDance, to divest its ownership because of national security concerns. After taking office, Trump gave TikTok a 75-day reprieve by signing an executive order that delayed until April 5 the enforcement of the law requiring a sale or effectively imposing a ban.
Among the possible investors are the software company Oracle and the investment firm Blackstone. Likely to attend the Oval Office meeting with Trump on Wednesday are Vice President JD Vance, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, White House national security adviser Mike Waltz and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
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you gotta really like their chances of ironing out a fantastic deal. Especially one that's great for the public, and national security, and the users of the app ... those groups will all be big winners for sure.
I mean, they'll have an entire 2.5 days before the ban is supposed to happen. Plenty of time.
