Trump says Netflix will face ‘consequences’ if it doesn’t fire board member Susan Rice

Netflix will “pay the consequences” if it does not fire Susan Rice, who has served on the company’s board of directors since 2018, President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Saturday.

Trump’s comments came after Rice — a former ambassador to the United Nations who held diplomatic and advisory roles in the Obama and Biden administrations — appeared on Preet Bharara’s “Stay Connected with Britt” and predicted that companies that “kneel down” to Trump will “hold responsibility” when Democrats return to power.

“If these companies believe that Democrats, when they return to power, will play by the old rules, they will […] Say: Oh, it doesn’t matter. “We will forgive you for all the people you fired, all the policies and principles you violated, all the laws you circumvented,” Rice said. “I think they have something else coming.”

In response, Trump posted on his social network Truth Social, “Netflix must fire the racist, deranged Trumpian, Susan Rice, immediately, or pay the consequences. She has no talent or skills – just pure political hacks! Her power is gone, and will never come back. How much is she getting paid, and why???”

Trump’s post also includes a screenshot of a post from far-right activist Laura Loomer criticizing Rice’s comments and claiming that “the Netflix-Warner Bros. merger will create a streaming monopoly, in which the Obama family will have a significant stake” because of the deal between Netflix and Obama’s production company Higher Ground.

While Trump’s post doesn’t mention specific consequences, the massive Netflix acquisition would need approval from federal regulators. The streaming company’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos reportedly met with Trump before the deal was announced, with Trump later saying Netflix is ​​a “great company.” […] But there’s a lot of market share, so we’ll have to see what happens.

Last fall, Trump published a similar post demanding that Microsoft fire its head of global affairs, Lisa Monaco, who was also the target of Lemire’s criticism. Monaco is still at Microsoft.