Donald Trump demands a buyout of the American activities of the Chinese social network by an American company, under penalty of ban on US territory.
The Oracle company, known for its support for the tenant of the White House, offers a technological partnership.
Donald Trump is still at war with the Chinese social network TikTok, which is very popular with young people.
The US president criticizes the application, which allows you to share short videos and already has 100 million active users in the United States, for collecting personal data and providing it to the Chinese government.
As a result, Donald Trump has given TikTok, more specifically its Chinese parent company ByteDance, until September 20 to sell TikTok's American activities to an American.
Otherwise the company will be banned.
Last month, Microsoft filed an offer to buy TikTok's US operations.
He even joined forces with the giant retailer Walmart.
But the offer was rejected Sunday evening by ByteDance, the parent company of the application.
No explanation was given.
More surprisingly, it is the company Oracle, queen of software, which is now considered a favorite to take over TikTok.
Why Trump could rule in favor of Oracle
What Oracle offers is not at all a takeover but a technological partnership.
We are far from what Donald Trump demanded, because the Chinese company ByteDance should keep control of TikTok's activities, even if Oracle would manage the sharing of data.
Oracle executives have been pro-Trump since the start of his tenure.
They participated in the transition committee when he came to power, supported him on chloroquine, and even made donations for his re-election campaign.
Knowing that the last word will come back to Donald Trump on this partnership, we can easily imagine that the tenant of the White House, candidate for re-election and in difficulty in the polls, decides in favor of one of his main supporters.