David Zaslav wants a bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery – and he’s looking for assistance from Donald Trump’s Justice Department to make it happen, On The Money has learned.

I know it sounds crazy. As The Post was first to report, the Trump administration wants Zaslav’s media conglomerate known as WBD to be sold to the president’s pals at Paramount Skydance , run by its CEO David Ellison and his father Larry Ellison, the co-founder of Oracle.

While Larry is worth about $350 billion, maybe more important is his close friendship with The Donald. As first reported by The Post, Trump wants WBD in the Ellisons’ hands, and insiders say it’s because he wants favorable coverage from its CNN news channel, which has been accused of anti-MAGA bias.

The Ellisons, meanwhile, want WBD because

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