Trump TikTok: President says he has a buyer for popular app

Trump says he thinks China's president will probably approve a sale to the unidentified group.

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In a Fox News interview, Trump said he had a group of "very wealthy people" willing to acquire the platform. "I'll tell you in about two weeks," he teased.

A sale would need approval from the Chinese government, but Trump told Fox he thought President Xi Jinping "will probably do it".

This month Trump delayed for a third time the enforcement of a law mandating TikTok's sale.

The latest extension requires parent company ByteDance to reach a deal to sell the platform by 17 September.