Amazon Submits Bid to Buy TikTok Days Ahead of Deadline, Report Says

Jeff Bezos sounds like he’s throwing some Amazon money around … because his company is reportedly trying to acquire TikTok.

Amazon submitted a bid to buy TikTok as the popular video app nears the Saturday deadline to separate from Chinese ownership or face a ban in the United States … according to a report Wednesday in the New York Times.

The report says the Amazon bid came in at the last minute … and the NYT also notes the Amazon offer is not being taken seriously.

President Trump in January set an April 5 deadline for TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell the social media app to a non-Chinese buyer or be banned in the U.S. over national security concerns.

Trump told reporters Sunday there are lots of potential buyers showing tremendous interest and hinted a deal would be made before the deadline.