The Trump administration is negotiating a deal that might see Oracle take over TikTok alongside new U.S. traders, in response to a report in NPR.

Lawmakers handed a invoice final yr forcing Chinese language guardian firm ByteDance to both promote TikTok or see it banned within the U.S. The app briefly went dark earlier than the regulation took impact on January 20 — till incoming President Donald Trump stated he would issue an executive order delaying the ban.

On the time, Trump additionally outlined his “preliminary thought” on a deal to avoid wasting TikTok — creating “a three way partnership between the present house owners and/or new house owners whereby the U.S. will get a 50% possession.” 

NPR’s reporting suggests {that a} deal is now shaping up the place Oracle would take management of TikTok’s international operations whereas ByteDance retains a minority stake.

Trump tried to drive TikTok to promote throughout his first time period, with Oracle rising as a possible purchaser. Whereas that didn’t occur, TikTok later stated it shifted all its U.S. traffic to Oracle servers. And at a press convention on Tuesday, Trump said he’d be open to both X proprietor Elon Musk or Oracle chairman Larry Ellison shopping for the app.

In the meantime, among the senators who supported the ban-or-sell invoice have expressed confusion about Trump’s plans and stated the regulation requires ByteDance to completely divest.