Trump says Lachlan Murdoch involved in TikTok deal to control app's algorithm

President Donald Trump said Sunday that Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch is involved in the United States’s negotiations with China over controlling TikTok’s algorithm.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Fox News’s Saturday in America that the administration is “100% confident” a deal will be signed to put the U.S. in charge of TikTok’s algorithm. Trump held a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday to discuss this deal and other matters, writing on Truth Social that it was a “very productive call.”