De acteursvakbond SAG-AFTRA plande onlangs een hoorzitting over de mogelijke uitwijzing van Donald Trump omwille van zijn rol in de bestorming van het Capitool op 6 januari. Nu is de voormalige Amerikaanse president zelf uit de organisatie gestapt.

Trump was sinds 1989 lid van SAG-AFTRA en was te zien als zichzelf in onder meer Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Zoolander en Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

In een brief schrijft Trump dat hij heel trots is op zijn film- en tv-optredens en dat hij duizenden jobs voor nieuwszenders als MSNBC en ‘Fake News CNN’ heeft gecreëerd.

Volgens Trump heeft SAG-AFTRA niets voor hem of zijn andere leden gedaan. “Ik wil niet meer met jullie vakbond geassocieerd worden,” schrijft hij.

Lees zijn volledige brief hieronder:

Ms. Carteris:

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.

Regards,

President Donald J. Trump

Bron: Variety