"This deal does put America first," Leavitt told Fox News on Saturday.

President Donald Trump this week will declare that a deal to divest TikTok's U.S. operations from its Chinese owner ByteDance will meet requirements set out in a 2024 law, a White House official said...

Importantly, the U.S. government will not take a board seat or receive a golden share in the new entity, though it remains unclear if it will secure any payments tied to approval.