Plenty of Potential Buyers for TikTok, Trump Says Ahead of Deadline

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With the deadline looming for mobile video app TikTok to be sold or face a U.S. ban, President Trump says there are plenty of potential buyers and that he is speaking to China about it.

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00:00As a nationwide ban looms in the U.S. for social media app TikTok,

00:04President Donald Trump says many people are eager to purchase it.

00:18Trump has set April 5th as the deadline for a non-Chinese company to acquire the app,

00:24or 170 million Americans would be blocked from using it.

00:28He says the ban is due to national security reasons.

00:31On Sunday, Trump told reporters that he is speaking with China about the sale

00:35and floated the idea of a reduction in tariffs on China to reach a deal.

00:39He also raised the possibility of seeking a third term

00:42and voiced his anger at Russian President Vladimir Putin

00:45for attacking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's credibility.

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