Last week’s announcement that ESPN arrived at a huge deal to buy RedZone, NFL Network and other holdings of the league has industry analysts looking at President Donald Trump emerging as a linchpin for the purchase.

ESPN is a Disney holding, and Trump and some of his allies have taken issue with the company and some of its media divisions, including ABC, for coverage issues, and Disney’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies.

Trump won a $15 million settlement from ABC News last December. The network settled over inaccurate broadcast comments that were made about Trump by anchor George Stephanopoulos. Trump vowed to go after any other media outlet that did the same.

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