Donald Trump says a group of "very rich people" wants to buy TikTok

US President Donald Trump said that a potential buyer has emerged for the popular video service TikTok, Reuters reports.

In an interview with the American television channel Fox News, he noted that the buyer is a group of "very wealthy people", but promised to reveal the names of the participants in the deal only in two weeks.

Trump suggested that the sale may require approval from Chinese authorities, in particular Chinese President Xi Jinping.

TikTok is facing a ban in the US over concerns about data security and Chinese influence. Last year, former US President Joe Biden signed legislation to block TikTok or spin it off from Chinese company ByteDance. Earlier this year, the US Supreme Court upheld the TikTok ban, and the law went into effect on January 19. However, Donald Trump, who became the next US president, signed an executive order that postpones the TikTok ban for 75 days.

After that, the new US president discussed with various parties the possibility of acquiring the video service, but at that time it did not yield any results. During this period, Donald Trump repeatedly postponed the blocking of TikTok until a solution was found. Now, according to him, he has finally found those people who will be able to purchase the American part of the Chinese platform. However, it is not yet known whether the parties will be able to agree on the purchase of TikTok. Perhaps the story of postponing the ban on the video platform will continue.