Trump says ‘any deal’ to buy Warner Bros should include CNN

President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that CNN be part of any sale of Warner Bros. Studios.

“I think people who have run for a long time are a disgrace,” Trump told reporters from the White House on Wednesday. “I think it’s important for CNN to be It’s sold because you certainly don’t want to put people, just leave those people with money, good money at CNN so, you know, they can spend a lot of money spreading poison because it’s false. It’s a shame. So I don’t want to see The same company ends up with CNN.

“I think CNN should be sold because I think the people who are working at CNN right now … are either corrupt or incompetent,” he added.

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While admitting that he could be talked into wanting CNN to be sold to Warner Bros.

“There are no viewers. Very few people are watching. I don’t think they should be entrusted with the operation of CNN,” Trump said. “So I think any deal has to be a guarantee and we make sure CNN is part of it or sold separately. But I don’t think that should be allowed to go forward. I think CNN should be sold along with everything else.”

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Of the two potential buyers, Netflix has made a studio offer with HBO while Paramount is looking for CNN’s Parent Company, Warner Bros. Discovery.

Neither Warner Bros. Neither the acquisition nor Netflix responded to FOX News Digital’s requests for comment. A CNN spokesperson declined to comment.

Trump insisted that CNN should be part of “Any deal” amid the bidding war over Warner Bros. studio. (Elijah nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

In October, Warner Bros. The acquisition was declared to be the things that sold it. It was previously said that it would be separated into two companies – one for the studio and HBO, the other for the cable networks within the umbrella organization.

Before Netflix emerged last week as the winner of the bidding war, it seemed that owner David Ellison was in the driver’s seat, only to be offered 83 billion dollars. On Monday, Paramount presented a softening $108 billion hostile takeover bid for the entire company, including its cable assets like CNN.

Trump’s comments are likely to fuel a bidding war as his administration could be an obstacle for both Netflix and Paramount to buy Warner Bros.

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Warner Bros. Studios is in the middle of a heated bidding war between Netflix and Paramount. (Mike Blake / Reuters)

The CNN staff felt “more because” of the CNN prospects owned by Ellison, who Trump has a cozy father with, and Ellison’s father is the billionaire Larry Ellison.

Network executives say colleagues are concerned Ellison would overrule CNN’s editorial decisions in the same way he has CBS News by appointing Baiss’ Bari Weiss as its editor.

“They see CBS as an S – show, which existed before this to be honest,” said one CNN STAFFET told Fox News Digital, while admitting “our organization is also in the crowd and in trouble.”

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In August, Ellison took a significant position as part of its $8 billion merger with Skydance Media. This deal was plagued by politics as areas considered to be prone to Trump’s election interference lawsuit against the company for the management of CBS News “by the Vice President Kamala Harris.

Liberal critics are accused of the importance of “bending the knee” to Trump to get his FCC to agree to a meeting. They also express anger CBS’ cancellation of “the late show with Stephen Colbert,” which will stop airing after May 2026. The network insisted that it was a financial decision, although critics believed that they also believed in the merger of the FCC.

Paramount owner David Ellison made evrever softening the $108 billion album hostile to the complete purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, including CNN. (Charly Triballeau / AFP via Getty Images)

During a CNBC interview on Monday, Ellison was asked if he would combine CNN and CBS News’ news operations. He expressed this question, talking about the broad policy he has for the news, which includes “trust” and “true business” of the American people in between, “talking about the feelings that have been iiss.

However, it is a street magazine on the wall corn That Ellison had told Trump officials that he would make sweeping changes to CNN if he became its owner, and that Trump had been demanding ownership of the change.

“I think everybody wants to be fair,” said a second CNN staffer. “I don’t think so [CNN colleagues] See Ellison as he tries to point to the middle of politics. I think they think he’s Kowtowing to Trump. “

Trul himself has had a very significant way in the bidding war despite his close relationship with the ellisons. Last week, he praised Netflix as a “Great Company” and called its CEO Ted Sarandos “a great man” but expressed concern about its market share. On Monday, he denied backing Paramount’s bid despite being partially financed by Tred Kushner Firfer Feafrity Empority Equity Equity Fircity Perfessional Partner Partners,

Meanwhile, Trump Blast Paramount In the limits of “60 minutes” showing an interview with an ally-answered by rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA.

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