Trump says Microsoft in talks over US-forced acquisition of TikTok

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Monday that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok, while the app’s future in the country faces uncertainty.

TikTok is facing down a US law that ordered the company to divest from its Chinese owner ByteDance or be banned in the United States.

Asked late Monday if Microsoft was in discussion for acquiring TikTok, Trump told reporters: “I would say yes.”