The Trump administration is set to receive $10 billion as US investors who acquired TikTok's US business from Chinese parent company ByteDance pay a transaction fee. Notable investors in the famous social media app include Oracle, the UAE's MGX, and Silver Lake. These investors already paid $2.5 billion to the US Treasury at the time of deal closing in January, and will continue payments until the full $10 billion is reached. For a government to receive a fee from a private sector transaction is an extremely rare occurrence. Since Vice President JD Vance stated that US TikTok's value is approximately $14 billion, the government's fee represents nearly 70% of the deal's value. This fee arrangement is the latest example of the Trump administration's unusual involvement in the private sector. The Trump administration has taken equity stakes in companies like Intel and USA Rare Earth, while the president himself has launched his own cryptocurrency. Ref: The Guardian