Trump’s Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Wants to Buy TikTok Amid Brewing Threat of U.S. Ban: ‘It’s a Great Business’

Photo credit: Sarah Silbiger-Pool / Getty Images. Article by Todd Spangler. Variety – March 14, 2024.

Steven Mnuchin, former treasury secretary under President Trump and Hollywood producer, said he’s assembling an investor group to acquire TikTok — although there’s no clear indication he could actually swing a deal with TikTok’s parent, ByteDance, to buy the popular app. Mnuchin’s comments come a day after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a fast-tracked bill — by a wide margin — that would effectively ban TikTok […]

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