Columnist Catherine Rampell suggested CNN host Scott Jennings replicate a controversial gesture made by Elon Musk to prove it was benign.

Trump has granted Musk and his DOGE colleagues access to a trove of federal data with little transparency requirements.

The president said he’s also open to another tech giant to acquire TikTok: Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle. Ellison was present at the White House for a $500 billion AI infrastructure partnership between the Trump administration and OpenAI, Softbank and Oracle. Oracle, a software company, houses most of TikTok's servers