Dell CEO Michael Dell is part of the consortium that intends to acquire TikTok’s US operations, according to US president Donald Trump.

Speaking to Fox News on Sunday, Trump said Oracle founder Larry Ellison is one of a group bidding to acquire TikTok USA, confirming remarks his press secretary Karoline Leavitt made the previous day when she said the USA and China have finalized a deal to sell the app, that Ellison is involved, and that the deal will see the app’s famously addictive algorithm held by American interests.

Oracle’s cloud already hosts all traffic to the social network from within the USA.

Leavitt said the deal means TikTok’s American operation will be majority US-owned, and that US citizens will occupy six of its seven board seats.

Trump also said “Michael Dell is involve

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