Trump says Murdoch, Ellison and Dell are among investors set to back a deal shifting TikTok’s US operations away from China’s ByteDance. The move would give Trump allies influence over an app with 170 million American users.

President Trump announced that notable business leaders Lachlan Murdoch, Larry Ellison, and Michael Dell will be U.S. investors in a potential deal to keep TikTok operational in the United States. The involvement aims to transfer TikTok's American assets from China's ByteDance to U.