The Movie Tariffs? Looks like they came from Jon Voight (or at least he knew about them) [View all]

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He’s one of Trump’s “Hollywood Ambassadors” along with Stallone and Mel Gibson.

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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/04/trump-alcatraz-movies-tariffs-00326220


State Sen. Ben Allen, a Los Angeles-area Democrat who is a key player in the tax credit negotiations, said he heard from Jon Voight, one of Trump’s appointed ambassadors to Hollywood, several days ago about the possibility of new tariffs.

A person close to the White House, granted anonymity to share details of internal conversations, also attributed the new tariff policy to Voight.

“To be honest, at first blush I generally see this as a positive development. Unlike a lot of the other items on Trump’s tariffs list, we know that TV and movies can be made 100% in the USA right now and at a very high caliber,” Allen said. “The key concern of course will be how this might affect U.S. movie sales around the world.”