President Donald Trump gushed over Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandso calling him “fantastic” and more but also noted that a combined Netflix- Warner Bros. Discovery would “have a great big market share.”

That’s “for some economists” to look at “and I’ll be involved in that decision,” he told Deadline’s Ted Johnson on the red carpet ahead of the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. tonight.

“He came up. He was in the Oval Office last week. I have a lot of respect for him. He is a great person,” Trump said of Sarandos.

He said the two had not discussed any potential guarantees in the case of a mega merger, which was ultimately unveiled on Friday. Netflix struck a deal to acquire Warner Bros. for $27.75 a share in cash and stock, beating out David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance and Co

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