Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’
President calls films ‘national security threat’ and claims he called on commerce department to immediately enact tariff
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Because clearly the US has a trade deficit in movies and entertainment, right?
Most of it has been slop for the last decade too.
It'll be terrible, just terrible. What will I do without the next Marvel cookie-cutter project, Disney-fied Star Wars movie or the no doubt upcoming Borderlands sequel?
Hollywood has been propandada since it was created. It was literally invented so they could influence other countries and they've been doing that since the 80's through merchandise. It's not art for art's sake. Hollywood has always been commercials for merchandise.
I guess they'll also stop disneyfying European folklore then.. can't wait for a Little Mermaid movie with HC Andersen's actual plot!