Tue, 28 Jan 2025

Trump says Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok

The US President says he would like to see a "bidding war" over the sale of the social media app.

* Microsoft is reportedly in discussions to acquire TikTok
* US President Donald Trump has expressed interest in seeing a "bidding war" over the sale of the social media app
* Trump said there was "great interest in TikTok" from several companies, and implied that Microsoft was one of them
* A spokesperson for Microsoft declined to comment on the matter
* The potential sale of TikTok has been ongoing since at least August 2020, when ByteDance approached Microsoft as a possible buyer
* Trump had previously said he expected to make a decision on the app's future within the next 30 days
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