Trump Demands Netflix Fire Susan Rice or 'Pay the Consequences'
Is Susan Rice's position untenable after threatening Trump supporters or is the president intimidating Netflix to silence dissent?
Above: Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos, California, on Dec. 5, 2025. Image credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu/Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-Trump narrative
Netflix has no choice but to remove Susan Rice for her outrageous comments while appearing on the "Stay Tuned with Preet" podcast. By openly threatening political retribution against U.S. companies and millions of ordinary Americans for backing Trump, Rice has compromised any illusion of nonpartisanship at Netflix. She must be removed from this role immediately.
Anti-Trump narrative
Trump is threatening Netflix like a mob boss, demanding they fire Susan Rice or "pay the consequences" simply because she warned companies that enabling authoritarianism has consequences. This warning is not political disagreement on Trump's part — it's corporate coercion driven by a president whose ego will not tolerate anything other than total submission.
