Trump claims that CNN should be sold under any contract with Warner Bros.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he considered CNN sales to be “necessary” due to the fact that her parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, prepares for the proposed merger with Netflix and facing hostile takeover attempt By Paramount. "I think CNN should be sold due to the fact that the people who presently manage CNN are either corrupt or incompetent," Trump told reporters during a circular table with business directors in the White House.

"I think we should no longer entrust them with moving CNN. Therefore, I think that any agreement should – it should warrant and guarantee that CNN is part of it or sold separately", he added. "I think CNN should be sold together with everything else".

Trump answered the question of the changes he wanted to make on cable tv after "The Wall Street Journal" reported On Monday, citing those acquainted with the case that Paramount's president, David Ellison, visited Trump, Washington and announced crucial changes to CNN. The White home did not respond immediately to the request for comment on Wednesday.

“I will most likely be involved, possibly in that decision. That depends. There are good companies that decide to do so," Trump said during the event at the White House, before starting wider criticism of CNN management.

Warner Bros. Discovery reported last week that it agreed to sale its film, tv and streaming assets to Netflix under a $72 billion deal. erstwhile the debt is taken into account, this amount will increase to over 82 billion dollars. This happened after offers made by Paramount Skydance and Comcast, the owner of NBCUniversal, the home company of NBC News.

The agreement with Netflix will not cover the Warner Bros cable channels. Discovery specified as CNN and TNT. CNN, Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix did not respond immediately to requests for comment on Trump's statements on Wednesday.

Trump joined the merger plans on Sunday, saying a deal with Netflix ‘can be problematic’ due to marketplace share issues. The next day Paramount made an enemy takeover offer, offering shareholders $30 per share. This offer will be partially supported by financing from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United arabian Emirates, as well as from Affinity Partners, an investment company founded by Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

If national regulators approve the Netflix agreement, channels specified as CNN and TNT will become part of a separate public company.

During the Wednesday event, Trump discredited a CNN reporter who asked him to make the video from the second attack on the alleged drug ship public by the Department of defence in September, which sparked investigations.

"You must be from CNN," Trump said. "You know you're working for Democrats," he added, adding, "You're fundamentally a branch of the Democratic Party."

Trump frequently clashed with CNN about reporting his actions. During his first term, the White home He revoked the press pass. Jim Acost, then CNN correspondent, after he pressed Trump on immigration and investigation of peculiar Prosecutor Robert Mueller regarding his 2016 presidential campaign. After a short court battle, the White home restored Acosta access to the press. In 2022 Trump filed a libel suit, accusing CNN of defaming him for false claims regarding the 2020 election. The suit stayed less than a year later And his effort to reopen the case this year was rejected by the appeal court.