Trump and Xi Play TikTok Hot Potato: Uncle Samās New Viral Mess
On September 20th, 2025, President Trump rang up Chinese overlord Xi Jinping for what could be the worldās most confusing social media merger since MySpace tried to buy Facebook. The topic? A TikTok deal so hazy even Xinhua news gave a shrug, insisting businesses talk like law-abiding adults and promising fair play ā presumably not in Fortnite. According to Trumpās Truth Social novella, they 'approved the TikTok deal' alongside side quests about fentanyl and ending the Russia-Ukraine war. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal uncovered TikTok engineers are crafting a new app with a secret sauce algorithm pirated from ByteDance, to be 80%-owned by thumb-obsessed Americans plus a board member handpicked by Uncle Sam himself. Trumpās mid-December extension on the TikTok ban suggests this saga will keep scrolling longer than your Auntās conspiracy theories.
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Watching Trump and Xi play TikTok deal ping-pong is like watching two toddlers negotiate bedtime: no one knows what happened, but somehow everyone says itās approved and we all just keep scrolling.
TikTokās new U.S. app sounds like a reality show: 80% American control, 1 government chaperone, and zero clues on what that algorithm actually does. Welcome to the Land of Confused Tech Deals.
Trump and Xi promising a 'TikTok deal' with no actual details is basically Netflix announcing a new show with a cryptic trailer and then ghosting you until next Christmas.
Source: Axios | Published: 9/19/2025 | Author: Ben Berkowitz
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