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Armie Hammer Calls Out Marvel Entertainment Chairman for Trump Financial Support
Fitness companies Equinox and SoulCycle are currently being boycotted after it was revealed billionaire owner Stephen Ross is hosting a Hamptons fundraiser for Donald Trump, but hes hardly the only major executive giving financial support to the president. Armie Hammer took to social media August 9 to call out Isaac Perlmutter, the former CEO and current chairman of Marvel Entertainment.
Hey, while everyone seems to be on this Equinox thing, it might be a good time to mention that one of Trumps largest financial contributors is the chairman of Marvel Entertainment (Isaac Perlmutter), Hammer wrote. Just saying.
Perlmutter became a member of Marvel Comics board of directors in April 1993. The executive was serving as vice chairman of Marvel by November 2001, followed by chief executive officer of Marvel Comics in January 2005. Perlmutter remained the CEO of Marvel Entertainment following the companys acquisition by Disney and to this day serves as chairman.
Perlmutter has long shown Trump financial support, donating $1 million to Trumps wounded veterans initiative in 2016 when Trump was still running for president. Perlmutters wife, Laura, was a member of Trumps Inauguration committee. The Washington Post has referred to Perlmutter as Trumps Mar-a-Lago pal and Department of Veterans Affairs adviser.
Given the boycott against Equinox and SoulCycle over Stephen Ross financial support of Trump, Hammers social media post suggests people should be equally unhappy with Perlmutters support. Hammer did not directly call for a boycott of Marvel Entertainment but does bring attention to the publics quick condemnation of Equinox while still supporting Marvel.
https://www.indiewire.com/2019/08/armie-hammer-calls-out-marvel-entertainment-chairman-trump-support-1202164583/
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Most (like 99%) of the MCU actors are hard liberal including Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo and Don Cheadle. I don't know where this is coming from. And I'm sure Stan Lee would not approve of this.
Joe941
(2,848 posts)Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)Aristus
(66,462 posts)I hope I'm wrong...
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)In 2016, he appeared in an anti-Trump video:
He may be conservative but he's not a fascist. So, I guess that's a start.
Aristus
(66,462 posts)That's good to know.
JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)...them!
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)And he's so on the outs with Marvel/Disney in general I doubt he even has Robert Iger's (Disney chair) phone number at this point.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)temporary311
(955 posts)Marvel Studios is its own thing under Disney when Feige got it split off. Most of the TV stuff is Perlmutter, though.
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)i feel better now.
i mean, how can i go on without Groot?