U.S. President Donald Trump has tasked Vice President JD Vance and national security adviser Michael Waltz with overseeing a potential sale of TikTok, Punchbowl News reported on Friday.

Vice President JD Vance has been a key factor in getting President Donald Trump‘s Cabinet picks approved by the Senate, but now the president is reportedly assigning him to negotiate a deal for TikTok to be sold.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed Vice President JD Vance and national security adviser Michael Waltz to lead discussions on a potential sale of TikTok, according to a report by Punchbowl News.

Short video app TikTok's owner ByteDance seems to be slow-rolling negotiations for a sale while waiting for approval from the Chinese government, even as President Donald Trump's allies race to broker a deal to sell it to an American bidder,

The sale of TikTok, owned by China-based company ByteDance, is being delayed as the company waits for approval from the Chinese government, according to a report in The Washington Post. This comes amid a race by allies of President Donald Trump to facilitate the sale of the app to an American entity,