The seismic deal Netflix inked to buy Warner Bros. — with an eye-popping $83 billion value — will need to get approval from regulators in the U.S. and abroad. And domestically, there’s one individual whose opinion on the matter, President Donald Trump , is of central importance given the control he has exerted over federal agencies.

Trump has not publicly weighed in on a Netflix deal for Warner Bros. But the notion that Netflix would have excessive market power through its acquisition of HBO Max and Warner Bros.’s studios biz has gained traction in the White House — as well as among Republican and Democratic legislators.

On Friday, an unidentified senior official in the Trump administration said the White House has “heavy skepticism” about the proposed Netflix-Warner Bros. deal,

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