{"id":859101,"date":"2025-06-30T10:11:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/30\/trump-claims-group-of-very-wealthy-people-ready-to-buy-tiktok-to-reveal-details-in-two-weeks\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T10:11:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:11:27","slug":"trump-claims-group-of-very-wealthy-people-ready-to-buy-tiktok-to-reveal-details-in-two-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/30\/trump-claims-group-of-very-wealthy-people-ready-to-buy-tiktok-to-reveal-details-in-two-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump claims group of &#8216;very wealthy people&#8217; ready to buy TikTok, to reveal details in two weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump <\/a>announced during a televised interview that he has identified a group prepared to purchase <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/us-news\/venezuelan-tiktok-influencer-shot-dead-during-livestream-after-criticising-gangs-police-11750824563453.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"TikTok\">TikTok<\/a>. Speaking on Fox News Channel&#8217;s &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo,&#8221; Trump revealed that &#8220;very wealthy people&#8221; are involved in the potential acquisition. He stated his intention to disclose the identities of these buyers in approximately two weeks.<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-index-1\">\n<h2>US President announces buyers lined up in Fox News interview<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>The remarks, broadcast on Sunday, mark a significant development in the ongoing discussions surrounding the popular social media app&#8217;s future ownership in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s comments signal a potential resolution to the long-standing scrutiny over TikTok&#8217;s ownership by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. While not naming the specific individuals or entities involved, his assertion of having buyers ready suggests a concrete proposal is forming. This comes amidst continued bipartisan concerns in Washington about data security and foreign influence linked to the app.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-2\">\n<h2>Reveal expected within weeks amid ongoing app ownership debate<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s claim positions him as facilitating a sale, contrasting with his previous stance advocating for an outright ban of the platform during his presidency if it wasn&#8217;t sold to American owners.<\/p>\n<p>The US President provided no immediate evidence or further specifics about the purported buyer group during the Fox interview. His promise to reveal their identities within a fortnight sets up an expectation for concrete details soon. The announcement adds a new layer to the complex political and regulatory battle surrounding TikTok&#8217;s operations in the U.S.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It remains unclear how this claimed buyer group aligns with ongoing legislative efforts or potential administrative actions concerning the app, or if formal discussions between Trump&#8217;s group and ByteDance have commenced. The White House has yet to comment on Trump&#8217;s claim.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/us-news\/trump-claims-group-of-very-wealthy-people-ready-to-buy-tiktok-to-reveal-details-in-two-weeks-11751208782376.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Camellia Schroeder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump announced during a televised interview that he has identified a group prepared to purchase TikTok. Speaking on Fox News Channel&#8217;s &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo,&#8221; Trump revealed that &#8220;very wealthy people&#8221; are involved in the potential acquisition. He stated his intention to disclose the identities of these buyers in approximately<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":859102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2602,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-859101","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-claims","8":"category-trump"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}