President Trump Applauds Former Marvel Chairman For Pushing Back Against ‘Woke Donald Duck’

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 raked in nearly $3 billion on the sale, according to The Wall Street Journal. The publication went on to report that Perlmutter expected shares of Disney to continue to drop and noted that he planned to repurchase much of his previous stock holdings if the share price ever fell below $75 per share.

Trump’s remarks at the event, which Perlmutter attended, sparked some social media discussion this week:

Looks like Trump’s got a new sidekick in Ike Perlmutter to take on "woke" Disney. Who knew the real superhero was just an ex-Marvel boss throwing shade? Maybe they should team up for a new comic: "The Adventures of Cancel Culture." https://t.co/60GsMd5h35

— NahBabyNah #Trump (@NahBabyNah) January 1, 2025

President-elect Trump isn’t talking about Sylvester Stallone. He's talking about Isaac Perlmutter, the former chairman of Marvel Entertainment at Disney, standing to Stallone’s left. Perlmutter was a major shareholder at Disney, who was fired in 2023.

— Shannon Jesso (@ShannonJesso) December 31, 2024

Disney is in a slow spiral. They are ~$64,000,000,000+ in debt as Bob Iger is only good at buying things. The Fox deal was one of the worst in the industry, but Bob ONLY got a payout of tens of millions if it went through regardless of the bloated price.

Bob drove away all…

— Theodore Smith (@RannXerox) December 31, 2024

Permutter gave us some of the best Marvel content we've ever had, I'm glad he got out before his work was tainted by bad direction

— Katana (@KatanaOfJapan_) December 31, 2024

Breitbart provided a breakdown of the Disney-Perlmutter situation:

Disney experienced a disastrous 2022 that saw the company’s stock plunge 44 percent and its profitability take a significant hit, resulting in the firing of then-CEO Bob Chapek. Mass layoffs ensued and have continued through 2024.

Some reports noted that Perlmutter’s departure came after he had backed activist investor Nelson Peltz’s proxy battle to join the Disney board, which might have put Perlmutter on a collision course with returning CEO Bob Iger.

Perlmutter also sided with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R)  in his prolonged fight with Disney after the studio attacked the state over its Parental Rights in Education law, which protects children from radical LGBTQ indoctrination in schools.

Here’s another clear shot Trump took at wokeism last month:

Trump just put this on Truth

"You know what woke means? It means you’re a loser. Everything woke turns to shit.” 🤣pic.twitter.com/D3ujgxExJV

— Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) December 4, 2024