White House Disclosure Reveals Up to $2M in Bond Purchases Days After Megadeal; EU-Hollywood 'Triangular Power Game' Intensifies

K-EnterTech Hub Industry Analysis Team  |  January 16, 2026

President Donald Trump acquired corporate bonds issued by Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery valued as high as $1 million each, just days after Netflix announced its blockbuster $83 billion deal for Warner Bros., according to a financial disclosure released by the White House. The emergence of the regulatory approval authority holder as a 'stakeholder' amplifies uncertainty around Hollywood's largest-ever M&A, colliding with Paramount Skydance's $108.4 billion hostile bid and European theater industry's warning to the EU.