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★ Government Action

Trump TikTok deal names Tahnoon's MGX as U.S. operator

Trump Family Business DealingsUAE-Trump Nexus

Filed September 2025

★ The Brief

What happened

In September 2025, the Trump administration's deal to keep TikTok running in the U.S. named MGX, the Abu Dhabi investment firm chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon and co-owned by G42, among the handful of approved domestic operators.

Who enabled it

Who benefits

Deal or steal?

MGX's selection followed nine months of dealmaking with Tahnoon-controlled entities, including a secret 49% stake in the Trump family's World Liberty Financial and a $1.4 trillion UAE investment pledge, handing an Abu Dhabi firm a foothold in a politically sensitive U.S. platform.

In September 2025, under a deal negotiated by the Trump administration to determine the future of TikTok in the US, MGX was selected as one of a handful of investors to operate the platform domestically. MGX is chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon and co-owned by G42. The selection followed nine months of escalating commercial and diplomatic engagement between the Trump administration and Tahnoon-controlled entities, including the secret Aryam-WLF deal, the $1.4 trillion pledge, the White House dinner, and the AI chip framework agreement.

Actors

Who pushed it · 1

Who initiated, paid, or pushed the action.

  • Donald Trump
    Donald Trump

    Trump administration negotiated the TikTok-US operating arrangement that placed MGX among the approved investors.

Beneficiaries

Who gained · 2

Who stood to gain.

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