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J. D. Vens, which President Donald Trump has chosen to watch the transaction of the cicinage, advocated Carlson, two people said. Other potential investors in the list included venture capital firm Andresen Haravitz and Giant private capital Blackstone.
Discussions occurred when the administration was looking for a deal Check On the eve of April 5 in Baitance, its Chinese owners to sell the application or face it in the US.
The ban was the US Congress of Congress last year. Trump has twice extended the term, first from January to April, and then from April to June 19, and said he could detain him again.
Offered the role of the White House for Carlson The transactions for buying the application were unclear. But the inclusion of the right -wing media star on the list suggests that the Trump administration remains trying to retain a curiosity in the United States – and potentially bring the president’s allies into its property.
Last month, Carlson told The Financial Times that he did not know that he was on the list of potential Tiktok White House investors.
“I don’t know anything about it,” Carlson said. “As far as I know, I read that the Tiktok transaction was stopped from the trading war from the tariffs.”
“I can say it,” he added, “I was completely against it and remained completely against the US Congress, banning social media apps because they don’t like what’s on them.
The Vice President’s spokesman refused to comment. Carlson did not respond to further requests for the comments, and Neil Patel, Executive Director of Tucker Carlson Network, said he “didn’t add anything”. Tiktok did not respond to a comment request.
On the eve of April the term, the White House was concluded to a transaction that would drop Tiktok with bytes and created an American campaign to produce new investments, diluting Chinese investors’ rates.
According to the terms of this transaction, investors, including Andresen Haravitz and Blackstone, would have about half of the US business Tiktok, while large existing investors, including Atlantic General, Suskhan and the Criminal Code, would have about 30 percent of the new organization.
However, Beijing did not give blessing this transaction after Trump launched a new trade war in China. According to people acquaintance with this issue, the proposal remained on the ice.
In May, Trump said Nbc He had a “a little warm place in my heart for a cicon”, which he used to achieve young voters in the 2024 elections.
