Tuesday, September 23, 2025

TikTok Deal: Trump Says the Murdochs May Have a Role

President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested that media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan, who lead News Corp and the Fox Corp., are involved in the deal for U.S. control of TikTok. ... "Larry Ellison is one of them. He's involved. This great guy, Michael Dell is involved. ...

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... His remarks come one day after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Saturday divulged details about the deal, which would see the U.S. control TikTok's algorithm.

"This deal means that TikTok will be majority-owned by Americans in the United States. There will be seven seats on the board that controls the app in the United States, and six of those seats will be Americans," Leavitt told Fox News' "Saturday in America." ...

On Sunday, Trump said simply that there would be a "couple of others, really great people, very prominent people," involved.

"And they're also American patriots, you know, they love this country, so I think they're going to do a really good job," he added. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-09-21 02:12 PM

@#1 ... And they're also American patriots, you know, they love this country ...

Sounds like the US buyers are quite loyal to MAGA.


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-09-21 03:12 PM

Smells like kleptocracy.

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-09-21 03:46 PM

So ...

The underlying Tik-Tok algorithm looks like it will be controlled by those loyal to Pres Trump.

What, possibly, could go wrong with that?

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-09-22 11:12 PM

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