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Does TikTok have a buyer?

Poynter · Tom Jones · last updated

Lost among the cluster of President Donald Trump’s ramblings from his interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo that aired on “Sunday Morning Futures” was this little juicy nugget.

“We have a buyer for TikTok, by the way,” Trump told Bartiromo. He added, “I think I’ll probably need China approval, and I think President Xi will probably do it.”

OK, so if true, that’s sort of a big deal.

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