Disney CEO Bob Iger opened up recently and stated that the announcement of the Disney-Fox acquisition put his plans for running for President of the United States in 2020 on hold. Around the time when the deal was announced, Iger extended his contract to 2021, two years later than the original expiry of his contract.
“The thought I had was coming from the patriot in me, growing up at a time when we respected our politicians not only for what they stood for but because of what they accomplished. I am horrified at the state of politics in America today, and I will throw stones in multiple directions. Dialogue has given way to disdain. I, maybe a bit naively, believed that there was a need for someone in high elected office to be more open-minded and willing to not only govern from the middle but to try to shame everyone else into going to the middle.”
Oprah Winfrey told Vogue that “I really, really pushed him [Iger] to run”, confirming reports that the Disney CEO was looking at the possibilities of a Presidential campaign. “He is infinitely capable of multiple categories of expertise, and he has created an environment where you can disagree with him—and that’s not just because I’m Oprah. I really, really pushed him to run for president, so much so that I said to him, ‘Gee, if you ever decide to run for office, I will go door to door carrying leaflets. I will go sit and have tea with people.’”
Iger, 67, even visited a children’s hospital in Des Moines, Iowa recently, a state that is critical for any potential candidate to visit. While Iger’s plans to run for president are currently on hold, he may pursue them again in the future after telling Vogue in their May issue of his potential policy ideas if he were to run.
H-E-L-L to tha naw!
LAUGHABLE! Bob Iger has done Okay at buying other media franchises (and then Disnifying them..meaning cheapening them out), but is a TERRIBLE CEO. He has zero insight into creating a customer experience that will make anything meaningful, only a bottom line figure guy. He goes out of his way to hire the cheapest talent, not the best. Just the type of person we do not need running the USA. We need someone with a longer range goal than quarterly reports, or how many cast members they can send home, despite the lines, to save a nickel. Good thing he botched up a deal with Fox to save us from having to hear his vision for the country, which in essence, would not be well run. Just look at WDW. With our current president, we don’t want to go from bad to worse. Iger would be worse.
Bad? What’s bad? An improving economy, lower tax rates, low unemployment, company bonuses, reduced illegal immigration. These are all good things unless you want to live Russia, North Korea or California. Geez.
Clearly you don’t get that this person is not at all a good businessman. No employee of Disneyland or Disney World is able to pay rent or feed their families unless they are full time and those positions are few. Not to mention he is protecting the sexual criminal Lassater instead of firing him despite the first hand knowledge and evidence.
Wow! America dodged one here.
Robert Iger is diverting attention as one day his elaborate fraud & lies at Federal Courts of Appeals will fully emerge after from being hidden by news orgs- —— you can find this Federal Court of Appeals video and the 2 to 1 ruling via youtube – Royce Mathew v. The Walt Disney Co. 15-56726