Donald Trump open to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison purchasing TikTok jointly with US government

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was open to billionaire Elon Musk or Oracle Corp chairman Larry Ellison purchasing social video app TikTok as part of a joint venture with the US government.

“I have the right to make a deal,” Trump said at an event alongside Ellison at the White House on Tuesday. “So what I’m thinking about saying to somebody is buy it and give half to the United States of America, half, and we’ll give you the permit, and they’ll have a great partner,” Bloomberg reports.