President Donald Trump is refusing to pick a side in the escalating bidding war between Paramount Skydance and Netflix to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery.

President Trump told reporters on Monday that neither the leaders of Paramount nor Netflix are particularly great friends of his.

“I know the companies very well. I know what they are doing. But I have to see. I have to see what percentage of market [share] they have. We have to see the Netflix percentage of market [share], Paramount percentage of market [share]. I mean, none of them are particularly great friends of mine. You know, I want to do what’s right. It’s so very important to do what’s right,” he said.

As noted by Variety , the president’s comments came hours after “David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance launched a direct-to-

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