President Donald Trump announced plans to impose a 100% tariff on all foreign-made film, citing what he called a “very fast death” of the American movie industry. In a Truth Social post, Trump claimed that foreign governments are offering aggressive incentives to lure filmmakers away from the United States, devastating Hollywood and other U.S. production hubs.
Calling it a “concerted effort by other Nations” and a national security threat, Trump framed the decline of domestic film production as not just economic, but also a matter of “messaging and propaganda.” He said he has directed the Department of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative to begin the process of implementing the new trade measures. “We want movies made in America, again!” Trump declared.
