Trump's Warner Bros. bid comments spark alarm over presidential power

• President Trump intervened in the Warner Bros. takeover bid, signaling he may influence whether Netflix or Paramount acquires the company.
• His comments raise alarms among legal scholars and antitrust experts about the limits of presidential authority in merger decisions.
• Jared Kushner's firm backing Paramount's bid adds an ethical concern to Trump's involvement.
• Antitrust law typically assigns merger decisions to independent agencies (DOJ, FTC), not the President, sparking debate on presidential discretion.
• A potential Supreme Court ruling could further empower the President over the FTC, eliminating a critical check on antitrust enforcement.

Why It Matters: Trump's move tests presidential power over independent regulatory decisions.