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BumRushDaShow

(167,933 posts)
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 06:54 AM Sunday

Trump Demands Netflix Fire 'Racist' Susan Rice after Ex-Obama Ambassador Slammed Companies That 'Take a Knee' to POTUS

Source: MEDIAite

Feb 21st, 2026, 7:43 pm


President Donald Trump on Saturday called on Netflix to fire Susan Rice after the former National Security Adviser said it is “not going to end well” for corporations that “take a knee” for the president. Trump went off on Rice in a post on Truth Social:

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


Rice has served on Netflix’s board of directors since 2023, following an initial stint that ran from 2018 to 2020. His post included a link to an X post from Laura Loomer that showed a video clip of Rice bashing companies that are kowtowing to Trump, in her view. Rice — who served as the NSA and as an ambassador to the U.N. during ex-President Barack Obama’s time in office — said those organizations will be “held accountable” once Democrats are back in power. Here is a key slice of her statement:

When it comes to the elites — the corporate interests, the law firms, the universities, the media… it’s 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 is very short-term self interest — and take a knee to Trump.

I think they’re starting to realize, ‘Wait a minute, this is not popular.’ Trump is not popular. What he is doing, whether on the economy and affordability or on immigration now, is not popular. And that there is likely to be a swing in the other direction, and they’re going to be caught with more than their pants down, they’re going to be held accountable by those who come in opposition to Trump and win at the ballot box.


Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-demands-netflix-fire-racist-susan-rice-after-ex-obama-ambassador-slammed-companies-that-take-a-knee-to-potus/
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Trump Demands Netflix Fire 'Racist' Susan Rice after Ex-Obama Ambassador Slammed Companies That 'Take a Knee' to POTUS (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sunday OP
shithole's administration trying to weed out anyone who is not loyal to him.................. Lovie777 Sunday #1
Companies love getting orders from the federal government IronLionZion Sunday #2
Shut your anus-looking mouth, you orange pos! debsy Sunday #3
Ditto for me. pandr32 Sunday #26
" ...they're going to be held accountable by those who come in opposition to Trump and win at the ballot box." OldBaldy1701E Sunday #4
WE got bdamomma Sunday #14
Hear Freaking Hear! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Sunday #31
"Racist"??? PatSeg Sunday #5
Knee-jerk projection. BumRushDaShow Sunday #7
Combined with a bit of dementia PatSeg Sunday #16
I think he has more than "a bit"! BumRushDaShow Sunday #17
Okay, that was a understatement on my part PatSeg Sunday #20
He knows he's not a racist, and that's the only measure he goes by. JohnnyRingo Sunday #13
Scott Turner is the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Polybius Sunday #19
oops. At least I knew it was Scott JohnnyRingo Sunday #21
The administration is playing DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender), among other things. CBHagman Sunday #15
And then he is offended when people PatSeg Sunday #18
These companies have a choice. Joinfortmill Sunday #6
..."or pay the consequences"... travelingthrulife Sunday #8
As long as it serves their interests. niyad Sunday #9
"She's got no talent or skills" AverageOldGuy Sunday #10
what are you being paid for hot stuff? AllaN01Bear Sunday #11
The bdamomma Sunday #12
This message was self-deleted by its author Miguelito Loveless Sunday #22
Condaoleezza Rice? bif Sunday #23
Wrong Rice! BumRushDaShow Sunday #24
I stand a corrected Miguelito Loveless Sunday #25
Am doing some searches BumRushDaShow Sunday #29
Love Miguelito Loveless Sunday #30
LOL BumRushDaShow Sunday #32
Is this a sign that Trump will interfere with the Netflix-Warner Brothers deal? flamingdem Sunday #27
Fmr. Amb. Susan Rice hurt trump's feelings LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #28
Can a CEO even fire a board member bmichaelh 18 hrs ago #33

debsy

(853 posts)
3. Shut your anus-looking mouth, you orange pos!
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 08:22 AM
Sunday

Susan Rice is an honorable, experienced individual with integrity, something you know nothing about, you stinky, vile troglodyte!

Note to Netflix: if you remove Susan Rice from your board, I, for one, will cancel my subscription.

OldBaldy1701E

(10,844 posts)
4. " ...they're going to be held accountable by those who come in opposition to Trump and win at the ballot box."
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 08:55 AM
Sunday

Ahh yes, that ever present daydream that there will be accountability for this crap.

That word has not existed in this country for a long time now. Why would anyone think that it is suddenly going to happen?

Because they deserve it? Others have deserved it and they were never held to account.

Because this is different? How, exactly? They are evil and need to be stopped, just as others have been evil and needed to be stopped.

They were not stopped.

So, forgive me if all of this talk about 'accountability' just seems rather limp. There have been too many times in the past where this concept should have happened and it did not.

The rich call the shots. They are not going to hold their own to account. They re not going to let us do it, either.

If you want real accountability, remove their power and position.

We won't, but we need to desperately.

bdamomma

(69,435 posts)
14. WE got
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 10:00 AM
Sunday

to realize there are MORE OF US than them!!!!! Or we will feel their wrath on us, or do we now???? Actions speak louder than words in this moment!!!!

We need to get into "good trouble".

JohnnyRingo

(20,716 posts)
13. He knows he's not a racist, and that's the only measure he goes by.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 09:56 AM
Sunday

Since he's not a racist he appointed exactly one African American to his cabinet.
Tim Scott is head of Housing and Urban affairs because he figures those are his kind of people. Every other black candidate was a racist.

Polybius

(21,731 posts)
19. Scott Turner is the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 10:18 AM
Sunday

Tim Scott is a US Senator in South Carolina.

CBHagman

(17,474 posts)
15. The administration is playing DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender), among other things.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 10:01 AM
Sunday

Donald Trump has a consistent record of racism, but in this second Trump administration we are seeing racism become a policy and whites cast as the victims. Look at Trump's open expressions of hatred against Somalis and his administration's casting of Afrikaners as a persecuted minority.

]https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/after-trumps-garbage-slur-a-vermont-school-building-flew-a-somali-flag-then-came-the-threats

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/how-trumps-support-for-white-south-africans-led-to-a-u-s-boycott-of-the-g20-summit

PatSeg

(52,784 posts)
18. And then he is offended when people
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 10:17 AM
Sunday

call him out for his overt racism, often portraying himself as the victim - poor white Donald.

Ah yes, white men certainly suffer from all the discrimination they have to endure.

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Miguelito Loveless

(5,612 posts)
30. Love
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 03:16 PM
Sunday

Rice-a-Roni, I remember back in the day when the losers on game shows would get a year’s supply as a consolation prize.

flamingdem

(40,838 posts)
27. Is this a sign that Trump will interfere with the Netflix-Warner Brothers deal?
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 01:36 PM
Sunday

No doubt he's pushing for his pal Larry Ellison to get the deal so he'll control CNN, etc.

LetMyPeopleVote

(177,781 posts)
28. Fmr. Amb. Susan Rice hurt trump's feelings
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 01:54 PM
Sunday

Last edited Sun Feb 22, 2026, 02:34 PM - Edit history (1)

"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

bmichaelh

(1,123 posts)
33. Can a CEO even fire a board member
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 05:11 PM
18 hrs ago

Trump shows his ignorance in business.

Depending on their bylaws, can a CEO fire a board member?

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