In a new profile on the Paramount merger for The New York Times, former controlling shareholder Shari Redstone proclaimed herself “blown away” by her company’s settlement with President Donald Trump—because she thought the cost would be a lot higher.

"Part of me thought, maybe Trump could accomplish what I never got done," the entertainment heiress told the New York Times in an interview.

Shari Redstone, the longtime media executive behind CBS and Paramount Global, was "blown away" by the terms of the "no-brainer" settlement with President Donald Trump that cleared the way for a blockbuster merger with Skydance Media.