Trump says Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch likely part of US TikTok investor group

Source: The Guardian

Sun 21 Sep 2025 12.41 EDT
Last modified on Sun 21 Sep 2025 12.44 EDT


Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch will probably be part of a group of investors that will buy TikTok, Donald Trump said in an interview on Sunday.

The president was asked about the status of the sale of the app during an interview with Peter Doocy on The Sunday Briefing on Fox News. Trump administration officials have signaled that a deal for the Chinese-owned social media platform was imminent, though there has been some confusion about the status of the agreement.

Trump said moguls Larry Ellison and Michael Dell were involved in the deal before adding: “I hate to tell you this – a man named Lachlan is involved. You know who Lachlan is? That’s a very unusual name, Lachlan Murdoch. “Rupert is probably gonna be in the group, I think they’re gonna be in the group, a couple of others. Really great people. Very prominent people. And they’re also American patriots, they love this country, so I think they’re gonna do a really good job.”

Representatives for Fox – which is owned by Rupert Murdoch and whose chief executive officer is Lachlan Murdoch – did not immediately return a request for comment.

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