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He as well as [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] were later caught alongside at least three other CEOs in a scandal involving a deal with Chinese officials to allow their films to air in China.<ref>http://freebeacon.com/national-security/dreamworks-nightmare/</ref>
He as well as [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] were later caught alongside at least three other CEOs in a scandal involving a deal with Chinese officials to allow their films to air in China.<ref>http://freebeacon.com/national-security/dreamworks-nightmare/</ref>
In addition, during the controversy involving ESPN commentator Jemele Hill's commenting that Trump was a White Supremacist among other epithets, Iger insisted they keep her on the job because she was an outraged black woman. Danhof stated that the National Center for Public Policy Research has attempted to reign him in from doing these kinds of things because of these actions harming the long-term investors, but Iger ignored them, and has also accused him of bigotry.<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/13/bob-igers-bigotry/</ref>
Ironically, he also started showing controversy from the left when he joined Donald Trump's advisory committee, although he claimed he was only part of it so he could influence policy decisions to be more favorable to the left, quoting the play "Hamilton".<ref>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-disney-shareholders-meeting-disney-ceo-bob-iger-defends-trump-1488997088-htmlstory.html</ref>
Ironically, he also started showing controversy from the left when he joined Donald Trump's advisory committee, although he claimed he was only part of it so he could influence policy decisions to be more favorable to the left, quoting the play "Hamilton".<ref>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-disney-shareholders-meeting-disney-ceo-bob-iger-defends-trump-1488997088-htmlstory.html</ref>