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Aaron Sorkin Clarifies He “Was Never Asked” To Omit Trump From ‘The Social Reckoning’ But Film Is “Not A Red-Blue Thing”

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Aaron Sorkin Clarifies He “Was Never Asked” To Omit Trump From ‘The Social Reckoning’ But Film Is “Not A Red-Blue Thing”. Although Facebook has played a big role in recent U.S. politics, Aaron Sorkin didn’t want to make The Social Reckoning a political statement. The Oscar winner noted that although he “was never asked” to omit Trump from his upcoming movie about a young Facebook whistleblower, which premieres Oct. 9, he didn’t want the film to […].

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