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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Oliver Milman

Trump administration reportedly set to be paid $10bn for brokering TikTok deal

Composite image of white, pink and blue TikTok logo, and Donald Trump glowering in a suit.
‘The US version of TikTok is valued at about $14bn, according to JD Vance, meaning the fee taken by the government is closer to 70% of the deal.’ Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly poised to be paid $10bn by investors as part of a deal to create a US-controlled version of TikTok.

The $10bn, considered by the US government as a sort of transaction fee, will be paid by the administration-friendly investors who took control of TikTok’s US operations from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, according to reporting that first appeared in the Wall Street Journal.

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