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Washington DC – President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch and his oldest son Lachlan could be among the investors who will take control of Tiktok In the United States.
Rupert Murdoch (l.) And his son Lachlan may be among investors who will take control of Tiktok in the United States. © Drew Anger / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP
The government has tried to take Tiktok’s US operations from the hands of the Chinese parent company Byteanance for national security reasons.
Since returning to power in January has Trump repeatedly delayed Implementation of the ban while an agreement has been sought.
He has negotiated with Beijing to sell the platform’s US operations to a consortium of investors he describes as “patriots,” Including Ally and Tech Giant Oracle’s Boss Larry Ellison and entrepreneur Michael Dell.
On Sunday, he added more names to that list.
“I hate to tell this, but a man named Lachlan is involved … Lachlan Murdoch, I think,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News.
“And Rupert is, will probably be in the group. I think they will be in the group. Couples of other, really good people, very prominent people.”
Earlier this month reached a settlement In their long -standing legal dispute over control of the media empire and cemented their oldest son Lachlan’s leadership.
Lachlan Murdoch, who officially took control of Fox News and News Corp as part of the deal, is Rupert Murdoch’s oldest son.
The older Murdoch built a right -wing media empire that extends across the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
On Saturday, the White House said that the board of the new company that would control Tiktok’s US operations would be dominated by American citizens, and that an agreement could be signed “in the coming days.”
