{"id":2523,"date":"2026-03-15T01:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T21:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/trump-administration-is-allegedly-collecting-10-billion-on-the-tiktok-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T01:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T21:57:07","slug":"trump-administration-is-allegedly-collecting-10-billion-on-the-tiktok-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/trump-administration-is-allegedly-collecting-10-billion-on-the-tiktok-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration is allegedly collecting $10 billion on the TikTok deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An illustration of the TikTok logo over the Capitol\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/STK051_TIKTOKBAN_CVirginia_B.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In September, Donald Trump claimed that \u00ab\u00a0the United States is getting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/782218\/trump-claims-the-us-is-about-to-get-a-tremendous-fee-for-taking-tiktok-out-of-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tremendous fee<\/a>\u00a0\u00bb for brokering the TikTok deal. Now sources tell the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/tiktok-deal-fee-trump-administration-5aa31c9f?mod=hp_lead_pos1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/13\/business\/trump-tiktok-10-billion-fee.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a> that fee is expected to be in the range of $10 billion. The money is supposedly being paid by new investors, including Oracle and Silver Lake. Reports are that $2.5 billion was already paid to the Treasury when the deal closed on January 22nd. The rest will be paid out in installments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">This is the latest example of the Trump administration inserting itself into private business in unprecedented ways, including taking on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/764480\/intel-donald-trump-lip-bu-tan-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10-percent stake in Intel<\/a> last August,  \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/895039\/trump-10-billion-tiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In September, Donald Trump claimed that \u00ab\u00a0the United States is getting a tremendous fee\u00a0\u00bb for brokering the TikTok deal. 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