Netflix’s wake-up in Trump’s Washington

D.C. lobbyists are still explaining to corporate America how Trump works.

President Donald Trump waves a hat as he arrives at Corpus Christi International Airport Friday ahead of remarks on affordability and economic issues. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos underestimated President Donald Trump.

He went into Thursday’s meeting at the White House brushing off Trump’s attacks on Netflix board member Susan Rice as bluster – even as he hoped to build good will for his company’s high-stakes bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, according to three people familiar with the discussions who were granted anonymity to speak candidly.

Trump demanded last month that Netflix fire Rice or “pay the consequences,” calling the former top adviser to President Joe Biden a “racist” and “deranged.”

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