LA Times owner maneuvers into Trump’s orbit with Middle East meeting
The billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times has gotten closer – literally – to President Donald Trump after steadily shifting his newspaper to the right.
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a biotech entrepreneur who acquired his city’s ailing broadsheet in 2018, was spotted in conversation Tuesday with Trump as the president held court with major U.S. business executives during a visit to Saudi Arabia.
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