Washington, September 20, 2025, 10:16 AM — Regnum News Agency. The Trump administrationis seeking a multibillion-dollar fee from investors for the sale of the Chinese social media platform TikTok. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing sources.
"The Trump administration will charge investors a multibillion-dollar fee as part of a complex deal to gain control of TikTok's U.S. operations," the publication said.
According to the author of the article, investors participating in this deal will be required to pay the US government a fee for negotiating and finalizing the agreement with the Chinese side. This fee is estimated to be several billion dollars. The US investor consortium will receive approximately 80% of TikTok's shares, while the Chinese company ByteDance's stake will be less than 20%.
The day before, Trump announced the start of a deal with China to sell TikTok, giving the United States control over the social network. The White House chief promised to strictly oversee the deal, adding that investors were already preparing to implement it, as the Chinese side had already approved it.
Prior to this, on September 16, the US president delayed the TikTok ban in the US until December 16. During this period, Washington pledged not to take legal action to ban the social network unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sold it.