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Experts say Trump's TikTok deal payment is a shakedown

Experts say Trump's TikTok deal payment is a shakedown
nation9/27/2025

The U.S. government will collect a multibillion-dollar payment from the American investors who will take over TikTok. Some experts call it a fee and other deals like it "extortion."

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Trump administration recently approached a group of American investors set to take over TikTok's U.S. operations with an unusual demand - if they want to close the deal, they've got to pay a big one-time fee to the federal gove... [3953 chars]