‘$200 billion on the table’ …, still why Donald Trump is not keen on Amazon buying China’s stake in TikTok

The White House is pushing hard to broker a deal that would see the Chinese short-video app TikTok sold to an American company, aiming to eliminate any chance of the mainland using it to snoop on American citizens. However, it seems one Big Tech player reportedly isn’t winning any favor with Team Trump: The online retail behemoth Amazon, according to ‘On The Money’.

One would wonder why, especially since the days of ‘animosity’ between Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump as seen during the US President’s first term is gone. Amazon’s Bezos rolled up to the inauguration with his dazzling fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, and a $1 million peace offering in tow earlier this year.