Former President Donald Trump asserted in a Saturday social media message that Netflix would face repercussions if it failed to dismiss Susan Rice, who has been a member of the streaming giant’s board of directors since 2018.
The ex-president’s statements emerged subsequent to Rice’s appearance — an erstwhile United Nations ambassador and holder of diplomatic and advisory positions during the Obama and Biden presidencies — on the “Stay Tuned with Preet” podcast, helmed by Preet Bhara. There, she forecast that companies acquiescing to Trump would be “held responsible” upon the Democrats’ re-entry into governmental authority.
“Should these firms imagine that the Democrats, once they reclaim governance, will adhere to past conventions and merely utter, ‘Oh, forget it. We pardon you for every individual you terminated, all the directives and doctrines you contravened, all the statutes you circumvented,’ I believe they are sorely mistaken,” Rice articulated.
As a retort, Trump published on his digital platform, Truth Social, “Netflix must dismiss the prejudiced, Trump-obsessed Susan Rice, WITHOUT DELAY, or endure the repercussions. She possesses neither aptitude nor capabilities – Merely a partisan operative! HER INFLUENCE HAS VANISHED, AND WILL NOT REAPPEAR. What is her compensation, and for what purpose???”
Trump’s message additionally features a captured image of an entry by conservative activist Laura Loomer, denouncing Rice’s remarks and asserting, “The amalgamation of Netflix and Warner Bros. would establish a streaming oligopoly, in which the Obamas would hold a substantial interest” attributable to the agreement between Netflix and the Obamas’ production firm, Higher Ground.
Although Trump’s statement omits precise penalties, Netflix’s monumental acquisition of Warner Bros. necessitates endorsement by federal authorities. The streaming service’s co-chief executive, Ted Sarandos, reportedly convened with Trump prior to the announcement of the transaction, with Trump thereafter commenting that Netflix is a “splendid enterprise […] yet it commands a substantial portion of the market, so we shall observe the unfolding events.”
The previous autumn, Trump issued a comparable message, insisting that Microsoft discharge its president of global affairs, Lisa Monaco, who had likewise been subjected to Loomer’s censure. Monaco remains employed at Microsoft.
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