The self-proclaimed “king of the deal” has struck again. Donald Trump could not help but interfere again in the negotiations on the takeover of the American branch of TikTok. He gave his support to the enterprise software giant Oracle, unofficially in the running to buy the community mini-video app, facing its lifelong rival Microsoft.
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“I think Oracle is a great company and its owner Larry Ellison is a great guy, ” he said Tuesday. I think Oracle could certainly handle the TikTok takeover well. ” To date, only Microsoft has officially declared itself a candidate for the takeover of TikTok America. According to the Wall Street Journal , Twitter is also studying the operation. By a presidential decree, Donald Trump only gave applicants until September 15 to sign with ByteDance, and until early November to complete the operation completely.
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