President Donald Trump Praises Former Marvel Boss Ike Perlmutter For Exit: "He Didn't Want Woke Donald Duck"

President Donald Trump Praises Former Marvel Boss Ike Perlmutter For Exit: "He Didn't Want Woke Donald Duck"

President-elect Donald Trump has made headlines today for his comments about former Marvel Entertainment Chairman Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter, claiming he exited Disney because the company has gone "woke."

By JoshWilding - Jan 01, 2025 10:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Studios
Source: Variety

Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter was fired as Marvel Entertainment Chairman in 2023 and later attempted to force his way back into Disney as part of an ultimately unsuccessful proxy battle against the House of Mouse. 

While in charge, he was a major problem for Disney and, more specifically, Marvel Studios. He allegedly pushed back against movies like Black Panther and Captain Marvel being made because he felt people wouldn't buy toys depicting Black and female superheroes (something Iger named and shamed the executive for in his autobiography).

Perlmutter was also behind the initiative that saw the then-20th Century Fox-owned X-Men pushed to one side in the comics in favour of the Inhumans. He even undermined Kevin Feige - who he'd hoped to fire at one stage - by handing the likes of Daredevil and Luke Cage to Marvel Television.

So, very few people, least of all those working at Disney and Marvel Studios, shed too many tears when he was forced out of his role as Marvel Entertainment Chairman. 

At an event on Monday evening at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, President-elect Donald Trump shared a very different take on how his friend's exit played out. 

"The guy went from stone-cold broke to owning Disney," Trump said of Perlmutter in front of his supporters (via Variety). "Then he got out of Disney because they went woke. He didn’t want woke Donald Duck, right?"

Perlmutter has been one of Trump's biggest benefactors and is thought to have donated a significant amount of money to his successful 2024 Presidential campaign. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 star Sylvester Stallone was also in attendance for the event. 

Iger previously called Perlmutter's ousting "a necessary step in the direction of us creating a more efficient company." He'd add, "I’d rather not get into details about this one. There was redundancy specific to the way Marvel was being managed."

The former Marvel Entertainment Chairman countered by saying, "I have long expected that my working relationship with Disney would end. That it should come as a result of my trying to help Disney improve its business should sadden many shareholders as it does me, the company’s largest individual shareholder."

"Despite my employment termination, I will continue to hold my shares of Disney and continue to seek improvements at the company for the benefit of all stakeholders," he said before ultimately deciding to sell his entire stake in the company for nearly $3 billion last year. 

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Wahhvacado
Wahhvacado - 1/1/2025, 10:05 AM
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krayzeman
krayzeman - 1/1/2025, 10:17 AM
@ItsNotForMeWahh - Aaaand this is how comicbookmovie.com wants to start of 2025!
UncleHarm1
UncleHarm1 - 1/1/2025, 10:47 AM
@ItsNotForMeWahh - Did you know that half of all humans are below average intelligence? Think about it, it's just math. This article reminded me of that factoid for some reason...
Wahhvacado
Wahhvacado - 1/1/2025, 10:54 AM
@UncleHarm1 - Exactly, as many have said, think of how dumb the average person is and realize half are dumber
TheShellyMan
TheShellyMan - 1/1/2025, 10:09 AM
It's New Year's, and Josh already wants to stir up drama in the comments.
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AgentofSH1ELD
AgentofSH1ELD - 1/2/2025, 5:35 AM
@TheShellyMan - like how is this article comicbookmovie news? @joshwilding
Is there a studio making a movie on Disney/Marvel and you forgot to mention that?
Evansly
Evansly - 1/1/2025, 10:12 AM
I get that so many people are sensitive to "woke" but it's really not that hard to find something more fulfilling to me.

I watch a show I am not into, I just simply stop watching it and move on. A show, movie or game that I'm not into doesn't deserve the energy to insessently whine about it online.

If something isn't for you, maybe stop putting time towards it
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/1/2025, 10:12 AM
@Evansly - sir…

This is not the place to say something so reasonable.
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