It has only been a few weeks since he left the White House but it already feels like a lifetime since we last heard from Donald Trump. The former president has been contemplating his next moves from his Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida where he has established the 'office of the former president.' Well, in one of his 'first public speeches' as a private citizen the former president felt compelled to resign from the Screen Actors Guild - American.
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Bye Felicia! Former President Trump showed he’s officially done with the pettiness in an ‘It’s not me its you’ break up letter to his ex-acting union.
Since 1989 Trump has been a member of The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television. Following the Jan 6 Capitol riots, SAG released a statement threatening to evoke Trump’s union membership. But Trump, being Trump, wouldn’t give them the satisfaction, and quit before possible expulsion.
SAG President Gabrielle Carteris requested that the organization remove Trump because “Donald Trump attacked the values that this union holds most sacred – democracy, truth, respect for our fellow Americans of all races and faiths, and the sanctity of the free press.”
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Jon Stewart has trolled former President Trump for his letter of resignation to The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) which came after the union threatened to expel his membership.
Fox News exclusively obtained the letter sent to SAG President Gabrielle Carteris on Thursday, in which the former president slammed the union, the media and news organizations. SAG-AFTRA responded with just two words: Thank you.
Over on Twitter, former Daily Show host Stewart attempted to strike the same tone as Trump in a mock farewell letter.
By Kenny Webster
I don t care who you are, this is funny!
The head of the Screen Actors Guild (the union for Hollywood jackasses) has demanded President Donald Trump leave the group.
Trump s response is hysterical. President Trump is resigning from The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists after they threatened to expel his membership from the union after the Capitol riot to which he said, Who cares!
The former president s letter of resignation Wednesday comes after the SAG-AFTRA board voted overwhelmingly that Trump violated the union s membership guidelines in the wake of the Capitol riot.
Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour
In classic Donald J. Trump fashion, the former President has told the bloated and self-important Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) to get bent.
In other words, “Bye, Felicia!”
The Screen Actor s Guild threatened Donald Trump with removal from their membership because of the events on Jan. 6.
He just sent them this letter and resigned pic.twitter.com/uT8hu2SlQh Caleb Hull (I m With the CCP Don t Ban Me) (@CalebJHull) February 4, 2021
My colleague Alex Parker reported last month,
“As reported by Deadline, Article XIV of the SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) Constitution lays it out: