WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump's demand that the government receive a slice of TikTok's sale has left experts scratching their heads as to how such payment can be made legally and what kind of precedent it would set.
Commenting on a proposed acquisition of TikTok's U.S. operations by Microsoft, Trump said Monday that "a very substantial portion" of any TikTok sale must go to the U.S. Treasury "because we're making it possible for this deal to happen."
