The fee isn’t being paid to the “Trump administration.” It’s being paid to the U.S. Treasury: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-set-rece... (“Sources familiar with the matter indicate that the Treasury received an initial $2.5 billion payment upon the deal’s closing in January, with the remainder to be paid in installments until the $10 billion threshold is met.”).

Exaggerating straightforward facts to maximize clicks for every story undermines the other reporting of the plenty of sketchy things the administration is actually doing.