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

President Donald Trump said successful a societal media station Saturday that Netflix volition “pay the consequences” if it doesn’t occurrence Susan Rice, who has served arsenic the company’s committee of directors since 2018.

Trump’s comments came aft Rice — a erstwhile ambassador to the United Nations who held diplomatic and advisory roles successful the Obama and Biden administrations — appeared connected the “Stay Tuned with Preet” podcast hosted by Preet Bhara and predicted that corporations that “take a knee” to Trump volition beryllium “held accountable” erstwhile Democrats instrumentality to power.

“If these corporations deliberation that the Democrats, erstwhile they travel backmost successful power, are going to, you know, play by the aged rules, and […] say, ‘Oh, ne'er mind. We’ll forgive you for each the radical you fired, each the policies and principles you’ve violated, all, you know, the laws you’ve skirted,’ I deliberation they’ve got different happening coming,” Rice said.

In response, Trump posted connected his societal web Truth Social, “Netflix should occurrence racist, Trump Deranged Susan Rice, IMMEDIATELY, oregon wage the consequences. She’s got nary endowment oregon skills – Purely a governmental hack! HER POWER IS GONE, AND WILL NEVER BE BACK. How overmuch is she being paid, and for what???”

Trump’s station besides includes a screenshot of a station from far-right activistic Laura Loomer criticizing Rice’s comments and claiming, “The Netflix-Warner Bros. merger would effect successful a streaming monopoly, which the Obamas volition person a important involvement in” owed to the woody betwixt Netflix and the Obamas’ accumulation institution Higher Ground.

While Trump’s station does not notation circumstantial consequences, Netflix’s monolithic Warner Bros. acquisition volition request to beryllium approved by national regulators. The streaming company’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos reportedly met with Trump earlier the woody was announced, with Trump subsequently saying that Netflix is simply a “great institution […] but it’s a batch of marketplace share, truthful we’ll person to spot what happens.”

Last fall, Trump made a akin station demanding that Microsoft occurrence its president of planetary affairs Lisa Monaco, who had besides been the people of Loomer’s criticism. Monaco is inactive astatine Microsoft.