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   From: leroysoetoro@americans-first.com   
      
   https://nypost.com/2026/02/27/media/how-the-susan-rice-snafu-cost-netflix-   
   on-home-stretch-of-warner-bros-discovery-deal/   
      
   There were several reasons why streaming giant Netflix pulled out of the   
   bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery. You might want to add Susan Rice   
   to the list.   
      
   The former Obama national security adviser, UN ambassador, partisan   
   Democrat and currently a Netflix board member made a splash last week, and   
   not in a good way.   
      
   Just as the Trump administration’s Department of Justice was weighing the   
   antitrust merits of the deal, former Obama national security adviser, UN   
   ambassador, partisan Democrat and currently Netflix board member Rice   
   appeared last week on a podcast hosted by Preet Bharara, former US   
   Attorney for the Southern District of New York, a longtime Democrat and   
   also a frequent critic of the president.   
      
   Rice warned that corporations that “take a knee” when dealing with to the   
   Trump administration demands on various matters should expect to be “held   
   accountable” if Dems 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,” Rice   
   added.   
      
   Lets just say when the president heard about Rice’s remarks, Trump wasn’t   
   too happy. He responded on Truth Social, “Netflix should fire racist,   
   Trump Deranged Susan Rice, IMMEDIATELY, or pay the consequences.” he   
   posted on his Truth Social account on Saturday.   
      
   The timing was particularly bad because the DOJ was cranking up its   
   inquiry into Netflix’s then nearly completed, $73 billion purchase of   
   WBD’s studio and streamer, including whether its purchase of HBO Max   
   layered on its own streaming service constituted a monopoly that could   
   hurt consumers.   
      
   The regulatory heat had become so great that Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos   
   launched a charm offensive with his team of lobbyists that the streaming   
   giant wasn’t looking to price gouge. Sarandos himself showed up at the   
   White House to press the flesh and meet with Trump AG Pam Bondi and   
   members of the DOJ’s antitrust staff amid the backdrop of Rice’s threat.   
      
    A few hours after the meeting ended later, Netflix pulled itself out of   
   the bidding war, handing the company to Paramount Skydance, which recently   
   increased its bid to $80.5 billion. In announcing the move, Sarandos   
   citied the ever growing price of the deal.   
      
   My sources say the DOJ indicated to Sarandos it had antitrust concerns   
   about the WBD deal despite his argument that competition from YouTube   
   negates them.   
      
   But Rice’s remarks didn’t make Sarandos’ job any easier, I am told by   
   people close to the administration. One senior Trump regulatory official   
   even quipped with a laugh that Sarandos should have “let Susan Rice tag   
   along” to his DOJ sitdown.   
      
   A Netflix rep said Sarandos’ meeting was unrelated to Rice and set up two   
   weeks ago. Rice could not be reached for comment   
      
      
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