Trump tries to negotiate TikTok sale on live TV. Source: The White House
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00:00So the deal I'm thinking about, Larry, let's negotiate in front of the media.
00:04The deal I think is this, and I've met with owners of TikTok, the big owners, it's worthless
00:13if it doesn't get a permit.
00:14It's not like, oh, you can take the U.S.
00:16The whole thing is worthless.
00:18With a permit, it's worth like a trillion dollars.
00:22So what I'm thinking about saying to somebody is buy it and give half to the United States
00:28of America, half, and we'll give you the permit.
00:30And they'll have a great partner, the United States, and they'll have something that's
00:34actually more valuable because they have the ultimate partner and the United States will
00:39make it very worthwhile for them in terms of the permits and everything else.
00:43But so think of it, you have an asset that has no value or has a trillion dollar value.
00:50It all depends on whether or not the United States gives the permit.
00:52So what I'm saying is let the United States give the permit and the United States should
00:57get half.
00:58Sounds reasonable.
00:59What do you think?
01:00Sounds like a good deal to me, Mr. President.
01:03Yeah.
01:04He can afford it, too.