WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump suggested China has approved a long-awaited deal for the sale of TikTok's U.S. operations to American investors following a Sept. 19 phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

"We made progress on many very important issues including Trade, Fentanyl, the need to bring the War between Russia and Ukraine to an end, and the approval of the TikTok Deal," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social after the morning call .

Trump later added that he "appreciate(s) the TikTok approval,” but he provided no details about a deal. The White House did not respond to a message from USA TODAY seeking clarification on the president’s comments about the wildly popular video app.

China did not explicitly say whether Xi signed off on a TikTok deal, but a statement on

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