Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, left, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump attend a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would be open to the possibility of having his billionaire ally Elon Musk buy the US operations of TikTok in his latest comments on the popular social media platform.

“I would be if he wanted to buy it, yeah,” Trump said.

Musk, who has reportedly been considered a potential buyer for the app by the Chinese government, already owns another social media platform, X, formerly known as Twitter.

Trump’s comments came as reporters gathered in the Roosevelt Room at the White House for a planned announcement on infrastructure. The president introduced a $500 million investment in artificial intelligence in partnership with OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank, alongside the three companies’ senior executives.

President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, on, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington, as Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, Oracle chief technology officer Larry Ellison and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, listen.

Trump then opened the floor to questions and took the opportunity to weigh into the fate of TikTok in the US.

Apart from Musk, Trump said he would also welcome the possibility of having TikTok land in the hands of Oracle........

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