After years of rejecting the idea of a sale of TikTok’s US assets to an American buyer in order to avert a ban, China and ByteDance may have found an owner they could live with: Elon Musk.

TikTok’s U.S. operations might soon have a new owner - Elon Musk. Chinese officials are said to be considering allowing the sale of the social network to the billionaire.

TikTok has rejected claims that its US business could be sold to Elon Musk. The platform’s statement comes in response to a Bloomberg report on Monday, which said Chinese officials were considering selling its US business to Elon Musk should they fail to convince the Supreme Court to overturn the ban.

Elon Musk could occupy space in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the West Wing to head up the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE.

As Donald Trump prepares to re-enter the White House for the second time next week, Elon Musk will enter his new digs. After he was re-elected, Trump confirmed Elon Musk would head a new department aimed at creating a more efficient government.

Elon Musk has been given an office in the White House complex for his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the latest sign of his closeness to Donald Trump.