WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was open to billionaire Elon Musk buying social media app TikTok if the Tesla CEO wanted to do so.

Americans are going to lose access to TikTok in less than a week, unless China green-lights a sale to what Congress has deemed a non-adversary of the United States — something China is unlikely to do but might.

TikTok is currently appealing to the US Supreme Court to avoid a potential ban. The ban stems from national security concerns over TikTok's ties to China