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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,287 posts)
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 08:35 PM Feb 21

Donald Trump Calls On Netflix To Fire Board Member Susan Rice Or "Pay The Consequences"

https://deadline.com/2026/02/trump-netflix-susan-rice-warner-bros-1236731945/

Donald Trump called on Netflix to fire one of its board members, Susan Rice, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and national security adviser, following comments she made about accountability when Democrats return to power.

Trump posted on Truth Social on Saturday, “Netflix should fire racist, Trump Deranged Susan Rice, IMMEDIATELY, or pay the consequences. She’s got no talent or skills – Purely a political hack! HER POWER IS GONE, AND WILL NEVER BE BACK. How much is she being paid, and for what??? Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT”

This week, Rice appeared on Preet Bharara’s podcast and said that, for corporate interests, law firms and media, “it is not going to end well for them. For those that decided that they would act in their perceived very narrow self interest, which I would underscore as very short-term self-interest, and take a knee to Trump, I think they are now starting to realize, ‘wait a minute, this is not popular. Trump is not popular.”
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Donald Trump Calls On Netflix To Fire Board Member Susan Rice Or "Pay The Consequences" (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 21 OP
I see... 2naSalit Feb 21 #1
Or netflix making a documentary featuring melania BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 21 #4
No BonnieJW Feb 21 #29
Absolutely. Netflix is by no means a necessity or KPN Feb 21 #32
Yes Susan Rice is right ..... And, nobody puts Rice in the corner !!!! ! ! !!! ! !!!!! !! Trueblue1968 Feb 22 #38
I'm ready Luvcatz14 Feb 21 #34
Could someone get him to kacekwl Feb 21 #2
When do we say enough is enough? Initech Feb 21 #3
.. BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 21 #5
WE said it long ago Skittles Feb 21 #8
I agree we said "Enough" a long time ago... slightlv Feb 21 #18
Well we did fire him. Initech Feb 21 #24
We'll see what Reed Hastings has to say... Cha Feb 21 #15
This times 1,000. Permanut Feb 21 #22
Jan. 20, 2029? COL Mustard Feb 21 #33
Thug. 2MuchNoise Feb 21 #6
Fuck off Donny Botany Feb 21 #7
I was about to say the same thing. Extremely intelligent. enigmania Feb 21 #12
I could have gotten into Stanford or Oxford if I wanted to but then it would have been to mow the grass Botany Feb 21 #14
I hope Netflix told him to go fuck himself. nt Dulcinea Feb 21 #30
"Her power is gone..." TommyT139 Feb 21 #9
Trump is just nuts. Botany Feb 21 #10
True, although TommyT139 Feb 21 #11
Maybe a Netflix documentary Seinan Sensei Feb 21 #20
Madman mountain grammy Feb 21 #13
... catbyte Feb 21 #16
Perfect! some_of_us_are_sane Feb 21 #36
Traitor is a Jealous Insecure little biddie PEDO Cha Feb 21 #17
As far as I can tell, slightlv Feb 21 #19
The Elected Epstein Class is Cowering at Cha Feb 21 #26
and again, May I say FAWK YOU!!!! a kennedy Feb 21 #21
We all know what will happen angrychair Feb 21 #23
Surprise, a black woman got him triggered. Denvermosaic Feb 21 #25
The MOST deranged person about *rump is *rump. Uncle Joe Feb 21 #27
Insane pedo mobster sez what? area51 Feb 21 #28
Communist dictator. The Wizard Feb 21 #31
Yeah, He's crazy, insane, whatever, but the blame needs to be placed 3825-87867 Feb 21 #35
He's really full of himself Figarosmom Feb 22 #37
Fmr. Amb. Susan Rice hurt trump's feelings LetMyPeopleVote Feb 22 #39
Quiet Piggy maveric Feb 22 #40
Netflix wants to buy Warner Bros edhopper Feb 22 #41

BonnieJW

(3,124 posts)
29. No
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 11:24 PM
Feb 21

If Netflix caves, millions of canceled subscribers will follow. We are tired of this nonsense and we will walk and take our money with us.

KPN

(17,379 posts)
32. Absolutely. Netflix is by no means a necessity or
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 11:29 PM
Feb 21

anything near it. Rice is right. Corporations that have taken a knee will pay for it in the end — Bigly!

Trueblue1968

(19,253 posts)
38. Yes Susan Rice is right ..... And, nobody puts Rice in the corner !!!! ! ! !!! ! !!!!! !!
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 04:19 AM
Feb 22

kacekwl

(9,160 posts)
2. Could someone get him to
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 08:41 PM
Feb 21

elaborate regarding consequences please. Possibly something he could be charged with committing a crime. His DOJ lawyer will never charge him but maybe a civil court can.

slightlv

(7,790 posts)
18. I agree we said "Enough" a long time ago...
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:43 PM
Feb 21

and we've been screaming it ever since. It's not when THEY will SAY it... it's when someone with power do something ABOUT it. I'm so past words. I want action... even if it means the entire nation is up to it's armpits in arms!

Cha

(319,163 posts)
15. We'll see what Reed Hastings has to say...
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:25 PM
Feb 21

It seems he's already paid some Taxes just for existing.

Botany

(77,352 posts)
7. Fuck off Donny
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 09:09 PM
Feb 21

You don’t get to tell a private business who they can or can’t fire and Susan Rice has her Constitutionally
protected right of free speech too.

Btw Ms. Rice is a billion times smarter than you. Bachelor’s Degree Stanford, a Masters & PhD from
Oxford, and a Rhodes Scholar and you were 3rd from the bottom of your class @ the University of Penn.

She also had all kinds of high level jobs and lettered in 3 different sports High School too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Rice



Botany

(77,352 posts)
14. I could have gotten into Stanford or Oxford if I wanted to but then it would have been to mow the grass
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:25 PM
Feb 21

Just reading Ms. Rice’s wiki page is mind blowing in everything thing she accomplished and done.

TommyT139

(2,357 posts)
9. "Her power is gone..."
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 09:13 PM
Feb 21

...amd yet she has enough power that the mere utterance of an informed opinion is enough to command his attention.

Admittedly, it's cheaply bought, but still.

Botany

(77,352 posts)
10. Trump is just nuts.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 09:24 PM
Feb 21

He sits and watches T.V. or some right wing web site all day and then gets upset about what somebody says about him. He is a very insecure person.


Maybe Netflix documentary on G. Maxwell bothered him.

Seinan Sensei

(1,552 posts)
20. Maybe a Netflix documentary
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:51 PM
Feb 21

On how a president, who is a Pedophile, is trying to influence Netflix programming

Cha

(319,163 posts)
17. Traitor is a Jealous Insecure little biddie PEDO
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:29 PM
Feb 21

who thinks he's "king" and we're all his subjects.

Fuck that noise.

slightlv

(7,790 posts)
19. As far as I can tell,
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:47 PM
Feb 21

no one has really tried hard to dissuade him from the fact he's NOT a king. He keeps on acting like it, and no one's stopping him. Just yelling at him, or slapping him on the hands with Oh, no you can't judgements mean nothing when he can simply say, "I'm doing "X" and you can't stop me"... and no one does. Of course, when the US is populated only by the richest of the rich who've given all their money to trump, and the rest of us are gone to better times "in the sky", it'll be interesting to see who pays his tariffs then.

Cha

(319,163 posts)
26. The Elected Epstein Class is Cowering at
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 11:14 PM
Feb 21

his knees.

There's IS Strong Resistance in the Elected minority.. We are Gearing up for Midterms.. out on the Streets.

Hakeem Jeffries called him a "wannbe king" TY!

Jeffries: Supreme Court tariff ruling a 'crushing defeat for the wannabe King'

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143620054

angrychair

(12,296 posts)
23. We all know what will happen
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 11:03 PM
Feb 21

Netflix is right in the middle of trying to get WB and HBO, she has likely already been removed from the board and Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters are likely on their way to DC with their kneepads already on.
Honestly it was a silly mistake for her to say anything publicly like that to jeopardize a critical merger like that especially knowing that Netflix is, at the end of the day, a corporation and they have no morals or values or loyalty.

3825-87867

(1,942 posts)
35. Yeah, He's crazy, insane, whatever, but the blame needs to be placed
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 11:41 PM
Feb 21

squarely on Roberts and the other 5 who really allowed this for totally political reasons.
They need to be called out on it and reminded constantly that THEY could have prevented this.
Thousands, tens of thousands of signs, ads, emails, regular mail and protests telling those 6 what THEY have created with questionable reinterpretation of the Constitution need to be constantly sent, displayed and talked about..
It's time to place blame. He should never have been allowed, as a CONVICTED FELON, to run for president.Nothing they can ever say will justify their decision.
They and any who aided or advised their decision must be remembered for and added to history books as traitors worse than Arnold.

It's also well past time for the MSM to share responsibility for their INACTION.

LetMyPeopleVote

(179,958 posts)
39. Fmr. Amb. Susan Rice hurt trump's feelings
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 03:33 PM
Feb 22

"It's actually pretty embarrassing." Fmr. Amb. Susan Rice reacts to Trump's first 'Board of Peace' meeting. "It's a private vanity project for Donald Trump in perpetuity."

The Briefing with Jen Psaki (@briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social) 2026-02-20T03:03:30.129Z

edhopper

(37,375 posts)
41. Netflix wants to buy Warner Bros
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:10 PM
Feb 22

they need FCC approval.
So they will fire Rice to get it.

I love how Republicans no longer care about government interfering with business.

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