US President Donald Trump has signed an order to develop the Iron Dome national missile defense system, the White House press service reported.
The document was signed during a flight from Florida to Maryland.
On the day of his inauguration, January 20, Trump said that the aforementioned missile defense system would be manufactured in the country.
“I will order our military to begin building the large Iron Dome missile defense shield, which will be manufactured entirely in the United States“, he said.“
Trump also said that Microsoft is interested in buying the short video creation and viewing service TikTok from the Chinese corporation ByteDance.”
“I would say “yes”, the president said when asked about Microsoft's interest in buying TikTok by reporters at the White House.”
“There is a lot of interest in TikTok”, Trump said, but did not disclose the names of other American companies that are interested in acquiring the service.“
The US administration is looking for potential candidates to buy 50% of TikTok's shares. The main contenders are SpaceX, Tesla and X owner Elon Musk and Oracle boss Larry Ellison.
Former US President Joe Biden signed a law in 2024 that forces Chinese corporation ByteDance to sell or shut down TikTok's US operations by January 19. Trump extended the platform's operation for at least another 75 days.