Politico reports:
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.”
Read the full article. Voight has appeared here several times for his bizarre direct-to-camera videos in praise of Glorious Leader. Trump has appointed him to the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees.
Trump got his movie tariff idea this week from crazy Jon Voight. https://t.co/dyR4zl68P3 pic.twitter.com/z7by0NVP2t
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 5, 2025