[News] “Who cares!” – Donald Trump quits Screen Actors Guild after they threatened to expel his membership over the Capitol riot

Former US president, Donald Trump has resigned from the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) after they threatened to expel his membership from the union over his role in inciting the January riots on the US Capitol.

On Wednesday, the SAG-AFTRA board voted “overwhelmingly” that Trump violated the union’s membership guidelines for his ”role in inciting the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6.”

“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,” union president Gabrielle Carteris said.

“There’s a straight line from his wanton disregard for the truth to the attacks on journalists perpetrated by his followers.”

The following day, Trump issued a letter, notifying the union that he is resigning and ‘no longer wish to be associated with your union’

The letter read:

I write to you today regarding the so-called Disciplinary Committee hearing aimed at revoking my union membership. Who cares!

 

While I’m not familiar with your work, I’m very proud of my work on movies such as Home Alone 2, Zoolander, and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps; and television shows including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Saturday Night Live, and of course, one of the most successful shows in television history, The Apprentice – to name just a few!

 

I’ve also greatly helped the cable news television business (said to be a dying platform with not much time left until I got involved in politics), and created thousands of jobs at networks such as MSDNC and Fake News CNN, among many others.

 

Which brings me to your blatant attempt at free media attention to distract from your dismal record as a union. Your organization has done little for its members, and nothing for me – besides collecting dues and promoting dangerous un-American policies and ideas – as evident by your massive unemployment rates and lawsuits from celebrated actors, who even recorded a video asking, “Why isn’t the union fighting for me?”

 

These, however, are policy failures. Your disciplinary failures are even more egregious.

 

I no longer wish to be associated with your union. As such, this letter is to inform you of my immediate resignation from SAG-AFTRA. You have done nothing for me.

 

“Thank you,” was the Guild’s brief response to his resgination letter.