Two Months After President Trump Signs TikTok Executive Order, Senator Markey Demands Answers on Details of the Supposed TikTok Deal

Ahead of the two-month anniversary of President Donald Trump signing an executive order on a supposed TikTok deal, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, wrote a letter to President Trump, requesting a briefing on the status of the TikTok deal and answers to questions on the terms of the deal. Sen Markey writes, "Although your Administration has repeatedly declared that it reached a TikTok deal with China and financial investors, you have released few details on any agreement. In fact, it’s unclear whether China has even agreed to any TikTok deal. In late October, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared that China had just approved the TikTok deal—even though you said in September that Chinese President Xi Jinping had approved the agreement. Throughout this process, Beijing has never confirmed that it has agreed to a TikTok deal; in fact, after Xi’s meeting with you a few weeks ago, the Chinese government would say only that ‘the Chinese side will work with the U.S. side to properly address issues related to TikTok.’ Given the number of times your Administration has falsely announced a TikTok deal, Americans would be forgiven for thinking that they stumbled into the movie Groundhog Day.”