Trump administration is allegedly collecting $10 billion on the TikTok deal

In September, Donald Trump claimed that "the United States is getting a tremendous fee" for brokering the TikTok deal. Now sources archer the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times that interest is expected to beryllium successful the scope of $10 billion. The wealth is supposedly being paid by caller investors, including Oracle and Silver Lake. Reports are that $2.5 cardinal was already paid to the Treasury erstwhile the woody closed connected January 22nd. The remainder volition beryllium paid retired successful installments.

This is the latest illustration of the Trump medication inserting itself into backstage concern successful unprecedented ways, including taking connected a 10-percent involvement successful Intel past August, …

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