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Donald Trump gives his 'blessing' to deal to keep TikTok app available in the USA

President Donald Trump says he's given his "blessing" to a proposed deal that will allow the popular video-sharing app TikTok to continue operating in the US.

Trump had previously wanted the app banned over US security officials' fears that data harvested from users would be handed over the Chinese state.

Two US companies, Oracle and Walmart, have agreed to partner TikTok to run the app in a deal that Trump says will keep the data of American users safe.


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President Donald Trump says he's given his "blessing" to a proposed deal that will allow the popular video-sharing app TikTok to continue operating in the US.

Trump had previously wanted the app banned over US security officials' fears that data harvested from users would be handed over the Chinese state.

Two US companies, Oracle and Walmart, have agreed to partner TikTok to run the app in a deal that Trump says will keep the data of American users safe.

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"Conceptually, I think it's a great deal for America. They'll be hiring at least 25,000 people. It will most likely be incorporated in Texas. Billions of dollars of taxes will be paid every year and hundreds of millions of users and they'll be happy. So everybody will be happy. It's a severance. It'll continue to be named TikTok, as it was all along and that's it, that's it."
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