WASHINGTON, July 3 (Reuters) - Reed Hastings, a major

Democratic Party donor and a co-founder of streaming platform

Netflix ( NFLX ), has called for Democratic U.S. President Joe

Biden to step aside as a presidential candidate following his

debate performance last week, the New York Times reported on

Wednesday.

"Biden needs to step aside to allow a vigorous Democratic

leader to beat Trump and keep us safe and prosperous," he was

quoted as saying by the newspaper in an email to them.