(FILES) A photo taken on April 10, 2025 shows the Chinese social networking service TikTok's logo on a smartphone screen (L) and US and China flags combo illustration on a laptop screen in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. A deal for the Chinese parent company of popular video-sharing app TikTok to sell its US operations would see the creation of a board dominated by Americans, the White House said on September 20, 2025. "There will be seven seats on the board that controls the app in the United States, and six of those seats will be Americans," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
WASHINGTON, United States — Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order outlining a proposed deal for a US version of TikTok. This deal would reduce Chinese ownership to 20 percent and place control in the hands of the president’s allies.
At a signing ceremony at the White House, Trump said the US version of TikTok would…