Anonymous wrote:Why the sudden interest in Hollywood, after years of demonizing the "leftist Hollywood elite?"
Does Trump want them to make a movie about him, depicting him as a heroic muscle bound tough guy the way his lackeys keep doing with AI? I bet that's what it is...
Anonymous wrote:Why the sudden interest in Hollywood, after years of demonizing the "leftist Hollywood elite?"
Does Trump want them to make a movie about him, depicting him as a heroic muscle bound tough guy the way his lackeys keep doing with AI? I bet that's what it is...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I find it fascinating that in 5 pages of earnest discussion about the pros and cons of this proposed policy no one thought to research how/why Trump came up with this dumb idea. He is not a big thinker, he is not well read, he is incurious, he acts on impulse and "instinct" and he is highly susceptible to listening to anyone who seeks an audience with him (in this case Jon Voight) or whispers in his ear. So how on earth did you all jump on this idea like it's a serious, well-thought idea?
This is where the idea came from:
The idea of imposing tariffs on foreign movies appears to have been pitched to former President Donald Trump by actor Jon Voight and his manager, Steven Paul, during a meeting at Mar-a-Lago. Voight, named by Trump as a "special ambassador" to Hollywood, along with Paul and media executive Scott Karol, presented a proposal aimed at reviving domestic film and TV production. This proposal included federal tax incentives, tax code changes, co-production treaties, infrastructure subsidies, job training, and, in "certain limited circumstances," tariffs on foreign-made films. Shortly after this meeting, Trump announced on Truth Social his plan to impose a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the United States, citing the decline of the American film industry and national security concerns.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/05/trump-tariff-hollywood-movies.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/jon-voight-help-trump-make-hollywood-great-again-2025-5
Jon Voight is mentioned several times on page 1 of this thread, with links showing it was his idea.
Anonymous wrote:I find it fascinating that in 5 pages of earnest discussion about the pros and cons of this proposed policy no one thought to research how/why Trump came up with this dumb idea. He is not a big thinker, he is not well read, he is incurious, he acts on impulse and "instinct" and he is highly susceptible to listening to anyone who seeks an audience with him (in this case Jon Voight) or whispers in his ear. So how on earth did you all jump on this idea like it's a serious, well-thought idea?
This is where the idea came from:
The idea of imposing tariffs on foreign movies appears to have been pitched to former President Donald Trump by actor Jon Voight and his manager, Steven Paul, during a meeting at Mar-a-Lago. Voight, named by Trump as a "special ambassador" to Hollywood, along with Paul and media executive Scott Karol, presented a proposal aimed at reviving domestic film and TV production. This proposal included federal tax incentives, tax code changes, co-production treaties, infrastructure subsidies, job training, and, in "certain limited circumstances," tariffs on foreign-made films. Shortly after this meeting, Trump announced on Truth Social his plan to impose a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the United States, citing the decline of the American film industry and national security concerns.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/05/trump-tariff-hollywood-movies.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/jon-voight-help-trump-make-hollywood-great-again-2025-5