Trumps stupid exec order of the day: 100% tariff on all movies "produced in Foreign Lands"

[Demovictory9]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/trump-tariffs-foreign-movies

Donald Trump on Sunday announced on his Truth Social platform a 100% tariff on all movies “produced in Foreign Lands”, saying the US film industry was dying a “very fast death” due to the incentives that other countries were offering to draw American film-makers.

In his post, he claimed to have authorised the commerce department and the US trade representative to immediately begin instituting such a tariff.

“This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat,” Trump said in the Truth Social post. “It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda!”

“WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!” Trump added.

Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick posting on X said: “We’re on it.” Neither Lutnick nor Trump provided any details on the implementation. It was not immediately clear whether the move would target production companies, foreign or American, producing films overseas.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Less than 48 hours before he meets PM Mark Carney at the White House

Most of the US movies produced or partially produced in "foreign lands" are produced in Canada.

National Security?

[underpants]

2. Within the US states give huge incentives for production

Georgia N. Carolina Virginia. It’s the same thing. It’s business.

[Bozvotros]

3. Wait till he finds all his favorite porn is made overseas.

How will he find someone to replace Melanie when she kicks his flabby ass to the curb.

[Renew Deal]

5. I'm not sure how that would even work.

Besides that, this is an excuse for those outside the US that are less respectful of democracy to target free speech.

[Doodley]

6. This will kill the American movie industry.

[applegrove]

7. America sells way more movies abroad than Americans

import in foreign films. Other nations will put tariffs on US movies. Bad idea.

[AZJonnie]

8. These asinine blatherings by this sad, sunsetting old man will be forgotten quickly

This is an ENTIRELY unworkable concept, if for no other reason, because the very term 'movie' does not actually have a hard, empirical definition. Neither does the term 'produced in another country' for that matter. Neither is the definition of what constitutes this content 'crossing the border', because guess what, old man? 'The Pictures' aren't put on cellulose roles and carried to the theaters in vans and trucks anymore cuz it's not the early 1900's anymore asshole

But hey Donnie, tell you what? Call up Bezos and see what he thinks about idea that every time a Prime customer streams a video 'produced in a foreign country', Amazon is responsible for paying tariffs on that viewing. See what he says.

In the real world, the complexities in the implementation needed for what this dipshit is suggesting means any such 'tariff' would be tied up in courts for many years.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. Let me guess: this "brilliant" idea originated from the likes of

James Wood, Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight as 'Special Ambassadors' to 'Troubled' Hollywood. Trump said that they'll bring 'Lost Business' back.

[stumpysbear]

10. We live in the stupidest times

[Oneironaut]

11. Notice how they're slowly isolating the American public?

They’re like an abusive spouse who is cutting us off from the outside world. They want our education, entertainment, and culture to come from them, and them alone.

[peggysue2]

12. Americans can no longer be exposed to those hostile, 'foreign' ideas

Hence, a National Security Threat, aka anything uttered or implied as anti-MAGA, or more importantly, anti-Agent Orange is dangerous and must be crushed.

The wall the Mexicans were going to pay for? It wasn't/isn't simply to keep 'the invaders' out. It's to isolate Americans, wall us in with the constant roar of lies and chaos.

Think North Korea. They want us all on our knees worshiping the source of our own demise.