President Donald Trump publicly encouraged Netflix to fire board member Susan Rice — “or pay the consequences.”
“Netflix should fire racist, Trump Deranged Susan Rice, IMMEDIATELY, or pay the consequences,” he wrote on Truth Social Saturday. “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???”
The president’s post was accompanied by a screenshot of an X post made by Laura Loomer responding to Rice’s Thursday appearance on the Stay Tuned with Preet podcast. In Loomer’s social post, she wrote, “Netflix Board Member Susan Rice says corporations who took a ‘knee to Trump’ will face an ‘accountability agenda’ from elected Democrats if they win the midterms in 2026 and the 2028 Presidential election.”
In the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations’ interview with Preet Bharara, she said, “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.’”
Bharara continued, “There is likely to be a swing in the other direction, and they are going to be caught with more than their pants down. They are going to be held accountable by those who come in opposition to Trump and win at the ballot box.”
The “accountability agenda” Loomer pulled from Rice’s interview was said as follows: “There will be an accountability agenda. You know, companies already are starting to hear they better preserve their documents. They better be ready for subpoenas. If they’ve done something wrong, they’ll be held accountable, and if they haven’t broken the law, good for them.”
Loomer also slammed the potential Netflix-Warner Bros. merger in her post, writing, “If the Netflix-Warner Bros. merger is approved, positive messaging of the Democrats’ upcoming witch hunts against Trump from Barack Hussein Obama and his anti-White racist wife Michelle would likely be blasted across all streaming services as the Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions continues to grow within Netflix.”
“The Netflix-Warner Bros. merger would result in a streaming monopoly, which the Obamas will have a significant stake in,” she continued, tagging both Trump and FCC chairman Brendan Carr in her post. “President Trump @POTUS must kill the Netflix-Warner Bros. merger now. @BrendanCarrFCC.”
Amid Netflix and Paramount Skydance’s battle to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, Trump said in early February that he “shouldn’t be involved” in the fight for the company.
“I haven’t been involved,” Trump said. “I must say, I guess I’m considered to be a very strong president. I’ve been called by both sides. It’s the two sides, but I’ve decided I shouldn’t be involved. The Justice Department will handle it.”
Currently serving as a Netflix board member, Rice formerly served as the U.S. National Security Advisor from 2013-2017 and the Domestic Policy Advisor from 2021-2023.
