Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery may have some Trump family backing behind it, raising questions about whether the U.S. president has influence.
On Monday, Paramount launched a $108-billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery in a last-minute attempt to outbid Netflix, which had announced the $72-billion merger late last week.
In its offer, Paramount included financing from Affinity Partners, a private investment firm owned by Donald Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, along with additional funding sources from Saudi and Qatari sovereign funds and the Abu Dhabi-owned L’imad Holding Co., Reuters reported .
While speaking to the media on Monday, Trump said he hasn’t spoken to Kushner about the bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, while noting that neither Paramou

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