Trump's Netflix threat is a warning to every CEO

Donald Trump wants Netflix to drop a board member. It's unlikely that will be his last demand of corporate America.

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• President Donald Trump wants Netflix to boot board member Susan Rice.
• Netflix wants Trump's approval for its planned purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery.
• Corporate governance isn't supposed to involve the White House. But that's the new normal in Trump 2.0.

Netflix wants President Donald Trump's stamp of approval as it maneuvers to buy Warner Bros.