Facing scrutiny from shareholders as well as the general public, Disney CEO Bob Iger has been forced defend his position on President Donald Trump’s advisory council.

At a Wednesday Disney shareholder meeting in Colorado, Iger — an outspoken Democrat who endorsed Hillary Clinton in the presidential election — was accused of endorsing Trump due to his place on the coucil.

Iger defended his position on the advisory council, saying it gave him a “privileged opportunity to have a voice in the room.”

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“It looks as if you are tacitly endorsing all of Trump’s policies, his anti-immigrant, anti-LGBT, anti-woman agenda,” said one shareholder, according to a report in Deadline.

Iger defended his position, saying it gave him a “privileged opportunity to have a voice in the room,” according to a piece in the Los Angeles Times. With that comment, he was citing the “Hamilton” stage play number “The Room Where It Happens” in making the case for his continued participation.

Iger also said his position on the council was “in the best interest of the company [Disney] and its values.”

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“I think it’s an important opportunity to be in the room,” added Iger.

Deadline and others reported that some shareholders expressed dissatisfaction with Iger’s position and his defense of it.

Iger is certainly not the first well-known liberal to come under scrutiny for choosing to work with President Trump, rather than against him.

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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick quit President Trump’s council after intense public pressure and threats from some to boycott his company.

Television host Steve Harvey was also heavily criticized for meeting with President Trump about development in cities like Chicago.

Rappers T.I. and Snoop Dogg both went on public and vulgar rants about Harvey’s decision to speak with the president.

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It’s a strange world where people need to defend working with others who might disagree with them. If the president of the United States is open to having people like Iger around — in the interest of hearing advice and input from those who may disagree with him on many issues, but who nevertheless have enormous experience — then why should that be a bad thing?

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“I do not currently intend to stand down from the council, again because I think there’s an opportunity for me to express views that I think represent the issues that are of value to this company and its shareholders,” Iger told shareholders, according to media reports.

It’s unfortunate Iger and others need to defend commonsense decisions. If you can have a direct line to the White House and have input into or influence on major policy decisions, why would you walk away from that? This is further proof of a rising extremist mentality among many who wish to only divide — and who look to the past, rather than the future.