Trump Administration Will Reportedly Pocket $10 Billion From TikTok Deal

Photo: President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order allowing a U.S. deal for TikTok, Thursday, September 25, 2025, in the Oval Office. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian via Flickr. US government work. Article by Kathryn Wilkens. Mediaite – March 13, 2026.

President Donald Trump’s administration is poised to receive roughly $10 billion from investors involved in the deal that transferred control of TikTok’s U.S. operations from its Chinese parent company, according to a Friday report from The Wall Street Journal. People familiar with the matter told the WSJ that the payment stems from an agreement in which a group of investors aligned with the administration took over TikTok’s American business from ByteDance. […]

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