Politics & Government
U.S. Should Get 'Large Percentage' Of TikTok Sale: Trump
President Donald Trump said he wants "no security problems" with China, and that the video app should be bought by an American company.
WASHINGTON, DC — The United States should get "a large percentage" of the TikTok sale price and it must be sold to an American company, President Donald Trump said during his Monday news briefing.
"We want no security problems with China," Trump said. "We want, and think we deserve, to have a big percentage of that price coming to the treasury."
The president didn't specifically address reports that surfaced earlier Monday that Microsoft was primed to buy the popular video app.
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Several reports surfaced earlier Monday that Microsoft may have some interest in buying TikTok, whose parent company is based in China.
Coronavirus also came up during the briefing, with Trump holding firm that a "permanent lockdown" is not what's best for the country.
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"A permanent lockdown is not a viable path forward," he said. "It would ultimately inflict more harm than it would prevent."
Watch a replay of the Monday news briefing in the video player above.
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