Make Hollywood Great Again? Trump Plans Tariffs on Films Made Outside of US As Production Flees LA

Hollywood is hemorrhaging production at an unprecedented rate. We’re talking about the lowest levels of on-location filming in California in 30 years, excluding 2020’s COVID shutdown. And while the left wants to pretend this isn’t a crisis, President Trump is actually proposing a solution.

On Monday, Trump announced a 100% tariff on all films produced outside the United States. Let’s say that again – a complete, dollar-for-dollar tariff on foreign-made movies. This is exactly the kind of America First policy that the entertainment industry’s elites are going to hate, but facts don’t care about their feelings.

Trump’s Truth Social statement laid it out clearly: “Our movie business has been STOLEN from us!” And let’s be honest – he’s not wrong. While Gavin Newsom’s California continues its downward spiral, production companies are fleeing faster than taxpayers from his failed policies.

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Now, the left will inevitably screech about “free market principles” and “global competition.” But let’s examine this logically. If foreign productions are indeed functioning as vectors for “messaging and propaganda” – as Trump correctly identified in May when he declared them a national security threat – then we’re not just talking about economics anymore. We’re talking about national sovereignty and cultural preservation.

Speaking of Governor Newsom, he immediately fired back with his characteristic empty rhetoric, calling the move “100% stupid” and claiming it would cause “irreparable damage” to the U.S. film industry. This is the same Gavin Newsom who has presided over the systematic destruction of California’s film industry through crushing regulations and sky-high taxes.

Let’s break this down systematically:

1. Hollywood production is at a 30-year low under Democratic leadership
2. Foreign productions are increasingly controlling our cultural narrative
3. American jobs and creative control are being exported
4. The left’s solution is, predictably, to do nothing and watch it continue

The logical conclusion is clear: without intervention, America’s film industry will continue its exodus to foreign shores, taking with it not only jobs and economic benefits but also our cultural sovereignty.

Now, critics will argue about the implementation challenges of such a tariff. But here’s the thing – if we can track and tax international financial transactions, we can certainly develop mechanisms to enforce tariffs on foreign-made films entering our market.

The bottom line is this: while Democrats like Newsom tweet their complaints from the ruins of what was once America’s entertainment capital, Trump is proposing actual solutions. Whether you agree with the specific approach or not, at least it’s an attempt to address the fundamental problem – something the left seems pathologically incapable of doing.

This isn’t just about movies. It’s about American jobs, American culture, and American independence. And if the left can’t understand that, well, that’s precisely why we’re in this situation to begin with.