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Donald Trumps Plan, Films that outside the United States It was obviously an idea of the actor with an inch of 100 percent with an inch of 100 percent Jon Voight.
Trump announces Film Zölle – return to the “Golden Age of Hollywood”?
Loud Political wrote a source from the vicinity of the White House this policy to the actor, the at the beginning of the year To one of Trump’s “special ambassador” in Hollywood had been appointed. Next to Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone. Ben Allen, a California Senator from the Los Angeles area, who actively campaigns for tax breaks for Hollywood, agreed. He also said he heard from Voight a few days before Trump’s announcement of the possibility of tariffs.
100 % inches planned on films from abroad
Actually reported NBC News At the end of the last month that Voight and his manager Steven Paul had worked out a proposal for Trump. A proposal to revive the American film and television industry.
Goal: relocation of the film industry to the USA
However, details were still sparse at this time. A possible measure was to keep production companies with tax incentives in the United States.
A spokesman from Voight did not react immediately to the request of Rolling Stone after a statement.
Jon Voight as an impulse provider? Insiders report closer interweaving
When Trump announced in January that Voight, Gibson and Stallone would act as his “special representatives” for Hollywood, the president spoke to the problem of relocation from the USA, which is supposed to be fought with the tariffs.
Voight, Gibson and Stallone as a Trump consultant for Hollywood
“These three very talented people will be my eyes and ears. And I will implement what they suggest,” said Trump at the time. “It will be like in the United States again. The golden age of Hollywood!”
Film tölle as a cultural struggle – Trump’s economic policy advance
These topics were also found in Trump’s announcement of the opaque film customs plan on Sunday. The President said he authorized the Ministry of Commerce and the United States’ trade officers to raise tariffs on films that are produced in “foreign countries”. Also known as “Runaway Productions”. Trump described these productions as a “threat to national security”. And claimed that they would “base the film industry very quickly”.
“Make Hollywood big again” – but what does that mean specifically?
“Other countries offer all possible incentives to lure our filmmakers and studios from the United States,” wrote Trump on Truth. And added: “This is a concerted action by other nations. And therefore a threat to national security. In addition to everything else, it is also a message and propaganda!”
Danger for creative productions abroad
It is true that the jobs in the film industry, especially in California, have decreased significantly in recent years due to high production costs and less incentives. Many productions have been relocated to other parts of the United States (such as Atlanta). But thanks to lucrative incentives from countries such as Great Britain and Canada, they also went abroad. However, many films are also made abroad for creative and not for economic reasons. And these films would apparently also be 100 percent affected in the event of a implementation.
Conclusion: Trump’s film customs plan as a symbolic policy?
In the typical manner of the Trump government, the actual plan for implementation remains unclear. On Monday the spokesman for the White House, Kush Desai, said loudly Varietythat “no final decisions about tariffs have yet been made on foreign films”. Nevertheless, according to Desai, the Trump government “examines all options to implement President Trump’s instruction to maintain the national and economic security of our country. And at the same time to make Hollywood great”. Whatever that means.
The Motion Picture Association, the lobby organization of the film industry, has not yet commented on Trump’s customs plan.