Trump says movies produced outside the U.S. are a national security threat. So he’s imposing a 100% tariff on all movies that are “produced in foreign lands.”
May 4, 2025 23:22On its face, this is about getting more movies produced in the U.S., but obviously this is also a mechanism you'd use to stop foreign sources of information from getting into your country.
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It's impossible to overstate how critical movies were to establishing U.S. hegemony in the 20th century.
Studio Exec in the 1920s: Movies Are 'Silent Propaganda' About America — Paleofuture
Kent gives the example that when he screens films in poorer countries they get a particular vision of what the United States must be like—a vision filled with skyscrapers, enormous homes, and cars. An...
“It is unclear how such a tariff would work because movies aren’t physical goods that move through ports like most items subject to tariffs. [Trump] would need to determine how to value a movie in order to apply the tariffs, as well as what the threshold would be to classify it as an import.”
Trump Calls for 100% Tariff on Movies Made Overseas
The president called the use of incentives by foreign countries to draw filmmakers and studios away from the U.S. a national security threat.
And here's the walk back:
"Although no final decisions on foreign film tariffs have been made, the Administration is exploring all options to deliver on President Trump’s directive to safeguard our country’s national and economic security while Making Hollywood Great Again."
White House Says “No Final Decisions” Have Been Made on Movie Tariffs, Still “Exploring All Options”
The administration says it is still intent on "Making Hollywood Great Again" though it suggests it will take time for tariff plan to come to fruition.
When is this ridiculous enough??
Dr. Lecter is not pleased. HANNIBAL (2001) was filmed partly in Italy.
All the rest of the world need do. Is boycott all US made films and sit back and watch the kick up by Hollywood and friends 😊
Kris will still watch it
The great cultural revolution has begun.
Poor Hollywood is dying. Who will produce all the capitalist propaganda like Chernobyl now??
Doctor trump strikes again vivisecting the American economy one blunder at a time
Of course, a reciprocal tariff by all other countries would be decimating for US films.
Wow. Hallmark Christmas movies just got a whole lot more expensive given they are all shot in Canada.
I thought he hated Hollywood. Nothing these people do makes any gdamn sense
‘It was just a movie!’
This is literally dumber than dumbness itself.
He is a completely stupid fuck.
California became the place to make movies because of the quality of light and reliable weather.
Now that massive sound stages can be built quickly and cheaply, movies can be made where the skills and favourable tax laws are.
I'm sure his buddy Mel G will straighten him out!
