New Paramount CEO David Ellison sidestepped questions about President Donald Trump and settlement terms with the president’s administration, telling reporters Thursday he would not be “politicizing anything today.”

Ellison made the comments after the contentious $8 billion merger between Skydance and Paramount was completed Thursday. The merger’s close came just two weeks after it received regulatory approval from the Trump administration, coming weeks after Paramount agreed to pay a $16 million settlement to the president in early July related to a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris that Trump claimed was highly edited to make her sound better ahead of the 2024 election. 

Ellison was asked about Trump’s claim that he made a side deal for $20 million in free advertising with the previous Paramount executive team.

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