In the years since Sen. Mike Lee and Elon Musk first began exchanging posts, the businessman has only seen his political power — and wealth — grow.
New president declares emergency at southern border, pardons 1,500 January 6 convicts, withdraws US from World Health Organization and Paris climate accord and delays TikTok ban among flurry of orders
The company formerly known as Google has seen almost a 16 per cent rise in share price from when Trump was confirmed as having won the US election in early November, and while it has held fairly steady across the past month, the final week of Joe Biden’s administration did see an initial 1.6 per cent rise.
The billionaires were joined by other prominent members of the tech community seated on the dais at the U.S. Capitol ceremony
Donald Trump took the oath for a historic term on Monday, completing his extraordinary comeback. Tech billionaires, foreign diplomats and CEOs were seen sitting prominently on the dais in the US Capitol during his first speech after the oath.
The app used by 170 million Americans was taken offline temporarily for users shortly before a law that said it must be sold by its Chinese owner ByteDance on national security grounds, or be banned,
The app, which has over 170 million American users, was directed to either sell its US operations to an American company or face a ban effective from Jan 19.
During a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump floated the idea of Elon Musk or Larry Ellison purchasing TikTok, while also proposing that the U.S. government take a significant share of the transaction.
Trump says he’s open to Elon Musk buying TikTok ‘if he wants to’ - Chinese officials want acquisitions to be decided by companies ‘in accordance with market principles’
The US President was open to billionaire Elon Musk purchasing the Chinese social media app as the search for a buyer continued
US President Donald Trump has shown support for Elon Musk potentially buying TikTok and proposed that the US government receive a 50% ownership stake