Further light was thrown at Donald Trump’s desire to impose tariffs on foreign films, with John Voight providing the President with a partial road card to support the Hollywood film industry.
On Sunday (May 4), Trump has undertaken social media to mark the production of foreign films “The Threat to National Security”.
By posting on its own site, the Truth Social, the US president writes: “The film industry in America dies very fast death. Other countries offer any incentive to attract our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood and many other areas in the United States are devastating.
“This is an agreed effort from other countries and therefore a threat to national security. In addition to everything else, communications and propaganda! Therefore, I allow the US Department of Commerce and Sales Representative to immediately begin the process of introducing a 100 percent tariff for all and all films that are created in the country that are created in foreign lands.
“We want movies again in America!”
John Voight and Donald Trump outside the Oval Cabinet in January 2020 (Getty Images)
Details of the controversial plan were scarce after Trump’s rent, but Deadline He has now announced that a Voight team, Special Advisor Stephen Paul and the President of the SP Media Group/Atlas Comics Scott Karol, presented Trump’s proposal at his Mar-A-Lago resort, detailing how the film production in the US can be increased.
It is alleged that their idea includes federal tax incentives, tax code changes, joint production contracts with other countries, as well as infrastructure subsidies for cinema owners, film and television production companies and post -production companies. The trio’s plan also includes notes on work training and “tariffs in certain limited circumstances”.
In a video published on the X/Twitter, Voight, which was named one of Trump’s Special Ambassadors in Hollywood, claims: “Our industry has recently been suffering a lot in the last few years and many Americans have lost work in productions that have gone abroad.”
By pointing out the seriousness of the situation, Voight added that “people have lost their homes” and “cannot feed their families.”
“The president loves the entertainment business and this country and he will help us again make Hollywood great,” said Voight, who won an Oscar in 1979 for his performance in HomeS
In addition to Voight’s comments, Deadline He reports that Paul says, “The American film industry and Hollywood is a beyak to teach the American dream of the world and is a job growth engine and a career opportunity. It is essential to preserve America’s leadership in film and television products.”
Carol sounded these thoughts, stating: “We spent months meeting the best leaders in the film and television industry and is widely agreed that the escape production has become a serious problem that needs to be discussed now. This plan is to equalize the conditions, so the creation is not only a competitive option, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice, but the first choice is the first choice, but the first choice is the first choice in America.
On Sunday, it seems that the White House is playing the weight of the rates, with the spokesman Kush Deza said Hollywood Reporter: “Although no final decisions have been made on the tariffs for foreign films, the administration is exploring all options for implementing President Trump’s directive to protect our country’s national and economic security while making Hollywood great again.”
There are no meetings between Trump and studio producers during writing. One source said Deadline: “We don’t even know when this should happen – it was on us this morning when Trump made the message.”