President Donald Trump has long been an opponent of the far-left “woke” ideology, which many voters saw as a reason to support him in November’s election.
Since he won a second term in the White House, he has continued to speak out against such issues, including with a recent statement praising former Marvel boss Isaac Perlmutter.
As the Daily Caller reported:
Trump addressed his supporters at an event at Mar-a-Lago Monday night, and addressed Perlmutter’s stance on keeping the woke agenda out of entertainment. “The guy went from stone-cold broke to owning Disney,” Trump said,. “Then he got out of Disney because they went woke. He didn’t want woke Donald Duck, right?” Trump said, according to Variety. Disney has been following the woke agenda and has seen a number of their movies flop at the box office, inclusive of “Little Mermaid,” and their anticipated woke-twist of “Snow White” poised for release March 21, 2025.
Disney announced they had laid off Perlmutter in 2023 when his division was absorbed into other units of the company as part of sweeping cost-saving measures. The Marvel ex-chairman then moved quickly to sell off all his Disney stock, which totaled approximately 25.6 million shares. He