Trump Says He’s Open to Elon Musk, Larry Ellison Buying TikTok

TikTok was temporarily taken offline for users across the United States over the weekend, shortly before the federal divest-or-ban law took effect.

President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on Jan. 21, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump said on Jan. 21 that he is open to the possibility that billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk or Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison purchases the video-sharing app TikTok, telling reporters that he would like the platform to be partly owned by U.S. investors.

Trump made the comments during a White House press briefing when asked if he was open to Musk, leader of Trump’s newly created Department of Government Efficiency, buying the platform.