Kevin O’Leary says he has a plan to save TikTok from a U.S. ban. The investor, of Shark Tank fame, told Fox News he and former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, 71, have teamed up with other businessman to raise funds to purchase the Beijing-based social media giant’s U.

TikTok is set to be banned from the U.S. on Jan. 19, unless the company's parent company, Beijing-based Bytedance, can find a buyer for its American business. O'Leary, while making an appearance on "The Story with Martha MacCallum" on Fox News,

The celebrity investor is teaming up with Project Liberty to acquire TikTok's American assets, aiming to protect user privacy and prevent federal ban.

O’Leary’s interest in unifying the US and Canada comes after Trump, 78, has repeatedly suggested in recent weeks that Canada should become “our 51st State.”

ABC’s Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary shared on Monday that he has met with President-elect Donald Trump about closing a deal to buy the social media app TikTok. In an interview on Fox News‘s The Story with Martha MacCallum,

Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary has hatched a plan to buy TikTok. Appearing on Fox News, the investor stated that he hopes to purchase the social media platform before it’s banned in the U.S. on Jan. 19. O’Leary stated on The Story With Martha MacCallum that he will need President-elect Donald Trump‘s help to make the deal happen.