The former US president has resigned from the SAG-AFTRA actors union telling them in an official letter: "You have done nothing for me."
AG-AFTRA, which represents 160,000 actors and media professionals, was considering revoking his membership over his role in the violent attacks on the US Capitol on January 6.
The union released a statement saying: “ In a special session today, SAG-AFTRA’s National Board voted overwhelmingly to find probable cause of a violation of SAG-AFTRA’s Constitution by member Donald J. Trump, and ordered the matter to be heard by SAG-AFTRA’s Disciplinary Committee as required by the SAG-AFTRA Constitution. If found guilty by the committee, possible penalties include reprimand, censure, fines, suspension from the rights and privileges of membership, or expulsion from membership in SAG-AFTRA”.
Upon getting wind of this, Trump immediately sent a letter of resignation saying,’ who cares”. He went on to say he was extremely proud of the work he has done 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!”
In a scathing attack upon the union, he said,” 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”.
He closed the letter by saying,” As such, this letter is to inform you of my immediate resignation from SAG-AFTRA. You have done nothing for me”. Their response was succinct,' Thank you".
SAG-AFTRA on Trump's resignation from the union: Thank you. https://t.co/n1BUAMcqQ1
— SAG-AFTRA NEWS (@sagaftranews) February 4, 2021
