Amazon joins list of TikTok suitors as deadline for a U.S. buyer nears

Amazon has made a late bid to purchase TikTok, a person familiar with the ongoing White House-led discussions told NBC News.

Amazon has made a late bid to purchase TikTok, a person familiar with the ongoing White House-led discussions to identify a non-Chinese buyer for the social media app told NBC News.

The bid, first reported by The New York Times, arrived this week, via a letter to Vice President JD Vance and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Given the last-minute timing, days before a Saturday deadline to stave off a ban of the app in the U.S., the bid is not being treated as serious, said the source, who was granted anonymity to share details of private negotiations.

A spokesperson for Amazon declined to comment. A representative for Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

President Donald Trump was expected to weigh TikTok offers Wednesday during an Oval Office meeting with Vance, Lutnick and other high-ranking administration officials. Trump has tapped Vance and national security adviser Michael Waltz to lead the effort to resolve TikTok’s fate.

“If and when there is an announcement on TikTok, it will come from President Trump,” a White House official said Wednesday.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/amazon-tiktok-potential-us-buyers-rcna199318

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