Trump says he “saved TikTok” and users “owe me big.” He handed it to Larry Ellison, the largest private donor to the Israeli Defense Forces who calls Israel his own state. Ellison’s son just took over CBS. Now one family influences both traditional media and a major social platform.

The pattern is clear: Musk owns X, Zuckerberg runs Meta, Trump aligned billionaires control TikTok. The consortium includes the Murdochs, Michael Dell, and Marc Andreessen. When a handful of politically aligned billionaires control where millions get their information, editorial independence becomes impossible.

This isn’t hidden conspiracy. It’s visible consolidation dressed as saving an app from foreign control while enabling domestic ideological alignment.

This is why we Nostr.