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 — He appeared on the podcast “Stay Tuned with Preet”. Hosted by Preet Bharara, he predicted that companies that “kneel down” to Trump will “hold the buck” when Democrats return to power.

“If these companies think that Democrats, when they get back to power, are going to, you know, play by the old rules, and (…) say, ‘Oh, it doesn’t matter. We’re going to forgive you for all the people you fired, all the policies and principles you violated, all the laws you circumvented,’ I think they have something else coming,” Rice said.

In response, Trump posted on his social network Truth Social“Netflix should fire racist Susan Rice, who was upset by Trump, immediately, or pay the consequences. She has no talent or skills – just 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 The deal is between Netflix and Obama’s production company, Higher Ground.

While Trump’s post did not mention specific consequences, Netflix’s blockbuster acquisition of Warner Bros It will need approval from federal regulators. Broadcasting company co-CEO Ted Sarandos He reportedly met with Trump Before the deal was announced, Trump later said Netflix was “a great company (…) but they have a huge 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 Monacowhich was also the target of Loomer’s criticism. Monaco is still at Microsoft.