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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Joanna Partridge

Trump warns Netflix of ‘consequences’ unless it pulls top Democrat from board

Susan Rice
Susan Rice, who was Barack Obama’s national security adviser, sits on Netflix’x nominating and governance committee. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Donald Trump has told Netflix to remove the Democratic foreign policy expert Susan Rice from its board or “face the consequences”, while the streaming platform is locked in an extraordinary corporate battle to take control of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD).

In comments posted on his Truth Social platform, the US president described Rice – who served as national security adviser to Barack Obama and UN ambassador and White House adviser under Joe Biden – as a “political hack” and accused her of having “no talent or skills”.

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