United Kingdom, Jan. 27 -- President Donald Trump is in talks with "numerous, very substantial people" about a TikTok deal - but not Oracle.

The world leader signed an executive order postponing the US ban of the ByteDance-owned video-sharing platform - which came into effect on January 19 - one day after his inauguration on January 21.

And he has said he would like to give the Chinese owners a "permit" to continue operating in the US, but only if it is 50 per cent owned by America.

This has led to much speculation about which US entity could buy TikTok.

A recent report from NPR suggested Trump was talking to cloud computing and database giant Oracle about a takeover, but he has since denied this claim.

Speaking to reporters over the...