Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that the U.S. was “close” to reaching a deal with China over the purchase of TikTok and added that Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch would likely be part of the purchase of the wildly-popular social media app.

Trump has spent months delaying enforcement of a law banning TikTok that Congress passed in 2024 and Joe Biden signed into law. During that time, his administration has sought to engineer a U.S. buyer for the platform while the president has largely given away his motivation: he’s credited the site and its users for boosting his presidential ambitions during the 2024 campaign.

On Sunday, he sat down for an interview with Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy, for the inaugural episode of the latter’s show The Sunday Briefing . In th

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