Netflixs Sarandos shrugs off Trumps demand to fire ex-Biden official Susan Rice: Its not a political deal

Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos brushed off President Trump’s demand to fire ex-Biden official Susan Rice from the streamer’s board — an exhortation that came as Netflix has been seeking to buy key parts of Warner Bros.Discovery.Asked Monday about Trump’s recent demand on Truth Social for Rice’s ouster, Sarandos said of the president, “He likes to do a lot of things on social media.”“This is a business deal.

It’s not a political deal.This deal is run by the Department of Justice in the US and regulators throughout Europe and around the world,” the exec told the BBC.The world’s largest streaming service has been looking to take over Warner Bros.

Discovery’s studio and streaming business, as a review period of Paramount’s rival bid was slated to expire just before midnight Tuesday.In a Truth Social post late Saturday, Trump implied there could be trouble ahead for the Netflix-WBD tie-up if Rice – who served in top policy positions under the Biden and Obama administrations – remains on Netflix’s board.“Netflix should fire racist, Trump Deranged Susan Rice, IMMEDIATELY, or pay the consequences.She’s got no talent or skills – Purely a political hack!” the president wrote.His social media post came in response to a tweet from MAGA influencer Laura Loomer, who urged the Trump administration to kill the Netflix-WBD deal.Rice recently warned that corporations that “take a knee” to the Trump administration should expect to be “held accountable” if Democrats return to power.“If these corporations think that the Democrats, when they come back in power, are going to, you know, play by the old rules, and, you know, say, ‘Oh, never mind.

We’ll forgive you for all the people you fired, all the policies and principles you’ve violated, all, you know, the laws you’ve skirted.’ I think they’ve got another thing coming,” she told Preet Bharara, former US attorney for the Southern District of New York, during a podcast a...