Just a heads up, if you buy something through our links, we may get a small share of the sale. It’s one of the ways we keep the lights on here. Click here for more.Look, the TikTok situation is a mess. Like, a proper “your friend’s cousin’s dog walker is somehow also your landlord” kind of mess. Let me break this down for you because, holy hell, there’s a lot to unpack. First off, TikTok has about 170 million Americans doing their little dances and watching their endless streams of content. But here’s the thing: the U.S. government is convinced that ByteDance (TikTok’s Chinese parent company) is basically a spy in your pocket. Thanks to a law Biden signed back in April, TikTok has until January 19th to either find an American buyer or get the boot. .stk-xpwgo51 .stk-block-heading__top-line{margin-bottom:0px !important;}.stk-xpwgo51 .stk-block-heading__bottom-line{background-color:#6315e766 !important;}.stk-xpwgo51 {border-top-left-radius:13px !important;border-top-right-radius:13px !important;border-bottom-right-radius:13px !important;border-bottom-left-radius:13px !important;overflow:hidden !important;box-shadow:0 5px 5px 0 rgba(18, 63, 82, 0.035) !important;}.stk-xpwgo51 .stk-block-heading__text{text-shadow:2px 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) !important;background-image:linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(6,147,227,1) 0%,rgb(155,81,224) 100%) !important;}Plot twist number one: Elon Musk might buy it. Yup, Reuters reports that Chinese officials are actually considering selling TikTok to the guy who turned Twitter into X. TikTok’s response? They call it “pure fiction,” but let’s be real – we’ve seen weirder things happen. The price tag? A cool $40-50 billion is pocket change for the guy who bought Twitter for $44 billion and then renamed it after a letter. It’s worth noting that if Musk were to sell X at the time…The TikTok-Musk-Trump drama is peak 2025, and it’s only January