In posting frenzy, Trump sets sights on Hollywood

FILE PHOTO People stand above the Hollywood sign under a cloudy sky in Los Angeles May REUTERS Mike Blake File Photo U S President Donald Trump directed his attention to the film industry on Monday threatening in a series of social media posts to inflict tariffs on movies produced outside of the United States In a meandering commentary that Trump posted to social media system Truth Social he claimed without basis that the American movie industry was dying a very fast death because of incentives to make films and television shows in countries other than the United States This is a concerted effort by other Nations and therefore a National Prevention threat It is in addition to everything else messaging and propaganda Trump commented on Truth Social Trump added on another social media post WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA AGAIN Studios have been using foreign locations as well as Hollywood for years because of tax incentives and lower production costs Disney Netflix and Universal Pictures film movies and TV shows in Canada and Britain as well as in the United States The Department of Commerce and other governing body agencies are now being authorized to directly begin the process of imposing a tariff on all films produced abroad and sent to the United States Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick posted on social media We re on it Trump appointed Hollywood veterans Jon Voight Sylvester Stallone and Mel Gibson in January as symbolic ambassadors to bring Hollywood back bigger better and stronger than ever before No details on how to implement the tariffs have been provided City News Organization contributed to this document