Inside Microsoft's bid for TikTok: how talks about a small investment ballooned into a big, messy, closely watched political soap opera (New York Times)

New York Times:
Inside Microsoft's bid for TikTok: how talks about a small investment ballooned into a big, messy, closely watched political soap opera  —  Neither side wanted a big deal.  But what began as talks about a small investment ballooned with interventions from President Trump.

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